Benjamin Morse In The News

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Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford has filed a lawsuit against online social messaging platform Discord, marking his latest legal action aimed at protecting Nevada children from what he describes as failures by online tech companies. The lawsuit seeks to hold Discord accountable for designing its platform in a way that places young users in 鈥済rave danger,鈥 and for failing to adequately explain those dangers to Nevada parents.
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A woman who pleaded guilty in a series of scams in the Las Vegas Valley is facing new allegations that she used social media to lure aspiring influencers into bogus brand trips, including a promised Four Seasons vacation to Bora Bora and a Disneyland visit that one victim said left her family stranded in extreme heat.
K.N.P.R. News
Water is precious in the Southwest 鈥 every drop counts. And for the Southern Paiute People, water is life and it must be protected. Protecting the lifeblood in the Las Vegas valley is a superhero called Captain Paiute, the Indigenous Defender of the Southwest. He鈥檚 the main character of the comic book series created by Las Vegas resident Theo Tso. Before the modern era of comic books, which started in the '80s, many Indigenous characters were stereotypical representations.
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Two landmark court decisions this week in California and New Mexico are raising new questions about whether social media companies can be held legally responsible for harm tied to how their platforms work 鈥 and could influence a Nevada case targeting TikTok.
The Center Square
Snapchat had previously attempted to dismiss the case, but the Nevada Supreme Court ruled the lawsuit could continue. Across the country, Snapchat and other social media companies are in courts over similar issues of alleged harmful practice and its impacts on young people.
K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13
Social media platforms were used to help students plan anti-ICE protests at schools across the country this week, including right here in our valley.
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New questions arise after a man, identified as Keith Castillo, is seen in viral videos handing out machetes, liquor, and cigarettes to unhoused individuals in New Orleans and Austin.
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An aspiring influencer said he now regrets posting videos showing him handing out machetes to those who are unhoused, but welcomes the attention it is now bringing to him and his social media.