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Trump Urges UK: Keep Diego Garcia; Zuckerberg Fights Addiction Trial

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, faced scrutiny in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday as he defended his company against claims that its platforms, including Instagram, targeted young users and contributed to social media addiction. This testimony came during a landmark trial, with Google's YouTube also named as a defendant.

Zuckerberg's appearance before the jury marked the first time he had testified in such a setting, according to reports from BBC Technology and BBC Business. He struggled to defend Meta, as lawyers presented internal documents that were used as evidence. Zuckerberg maintained that the lawyers were "mischaracterising" the communications, according to BBC Technology and BBC Business. The trial is closely watched due to growing concerns about the impact of social media on children.

In other news, former US President Donald Trump criticized the UK's plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, despite Washington's previous support of the deal. According to BBC World, Trump stated, "Do not give away Diego Garcia," and added that the land should not be taken from the UK. He made these remarks on social media, despite the US giving its official backing to London's plan to cede sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius. The UK Foreign Office responded that the Chagos Islands deal was "crucial to the security of the UK".

In a separate development, an advertisement for the video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7" was banned by the UK's advertising regulator, as reported by BBC Technology. The commercial was deemed to trivialize sexual violence. The advert featured fake officers at an airport security check, and viewers complained that the video was "irresponsible and offensive." Activision Blizzard UK Ltd, the gaming company, argued that the ad was targeted at adult audiences only, given the game's 18-rated status.

In a discussion on the Joe Rogan podcast, action film star Michael Jai White and podcaster Joe Rogan discussed the "demonization of masculinity" and the impact of participation trophy culture in America, according to Fox News. White argued that the modern refusal to let young men compete and lose is part of the modern masculinity crisis. They also discussed how countries like Australia and New Zealand have been great sources of action movie stars and competitive fighters in recent years.

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