Meta Lost the First Child Safety Verdict and 2,406 More Are Waiting
A New Mexico jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million for knowingly harming children and concealing child exploitation — the first verdict in 2,407 pending cases.
Anna Weber
Bureau: Berlin
Three Democracy Reports Say the Same Thing
Freedom House, V-Dem, and the Economist Intelligence Unit all independently downgraded US democracy in 2026 — when three indices agree, it's measurement, not methodology.
Media Mergers Are Killing Local News
Streaming now accounts for 40 percent of all viewing and Hollywood mega-mergers are accelerating — the casualty is the local newsroom that nobody in a boardroom thinks about.
Noma Has Gone Quiet, and Copenhagen Has Not Noticed
Two weeks after Redzepi resigned and sponsors fled, the Noma reckoning has settled into institutional silence — and the silence is the loudest thing about it.
Italy Mourns as Gino Paoli Is Laid to Rest in Genoa
Italy held funeral services for songwriter Gino Paoli, 91, in his native Genoa as the nation mourned a voice of postwar romance.
DOJ Went After a Washington Post Reporter's Devices
The DOJ obtained a search warrant for Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's phone, laptop, and watch in a leak investigation.
Maria Ressa Wins the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage in Journalism
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has been named the 2026 recipient of the Los Angeles Press Club's Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism.
NewsGuard Sues Trump Administration Over First Amendment Retaliation
Media-rating company NewsGuard filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging retaliation after the government undermined its credibility.