[00:00] Vanessa Calderon: From Neural Newscast, I'm Vanessa Calderon.
[00:04] Victor Hale: And I'm Victor Hale.
[00:05] Vanessa Calderon: Today, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in a landmark trial over social media addiction.
[00:12] Vanessa Calderon: Plus, skiing Legend Lindsay Vaughn returns home after a devastating Olympic crash.
[00:18] Victor Hale: We also look at a new travel warning for Bolivia and political tension over the fighter jet project in Germany.
[00:25] Victor Hale: Mark Zuckerberg testified yesterday in a Los Angeles jury trial.
[00:29] Victor Hale: Meta faces claims of deliberately designing Instagram to be addictive to children.
[00:35] Vanessa Calderon: The plaintiff is a 20-year-old woman known as Kaylee.
[00:39] Vanessa Calderon: Her legal team is using Meta's own internal documents against the company.
[00:44] Victor Hale: Those documents from 2020 show that 11-year-olds were four times more likely to keep returning
[00:50] Victor Hale: to the platform than older users.
[00:53] Vanessa Calderon: Zuckerberg admitted on the stand, he wishes the company had moved faster to address underage users.
[00:59] Vanessa Calderon: He maintains they do not allow children under 13.
[01:03] Vanessa Calderon: American skiing icon Lindsay Vaughn is back in the United States after her terrifying crash at the Winter Olympics in Italy.
[01:11] Victor Hale: Vaughn crashed 13 seconds into her downhill run on February 8th.
[01:16] Victor Hale: She suffered a shattered tibia that required four separate surgeries.
[01:20] Vanessa Calderon: It is incredible she was even competing.
[01:23] Vanessa Calderon: She was skiing with an ACL she ruptured only one week before the games began.
[01:29] Victor Hale: At 41 years old, this was meant to be her final Olympic appearance.
[01:33] Victor Hale: She remains in a hospital bed as she begins a long recovery process.
[01:38] Victor Hale: Turning to global health, the CDC issued a Level 2 travel warning on Wednesday for several regions in Bolivia.
[01:45] Vanessa Calderon: The alert focuses on the Santa Cruz and Cochabamba departments.
[01:51] Vanessa Calderon: It follows an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus.
[01:55] Victor Hale: The virus causes severe joint pain and fever.
[01:58] Victor Hale: While death is rare, some patients experience debilitating pain for months or even years.
[02:04] Vanessa Calderon: Travelers are advised to practice enhanced precautions.
[02:08] Vanessa Calderon: The CDC is continuing to monitor the potential spread of the outbreak.
[02:13] Victor Hale: Next, German politician Friedrich Mertz says the nation's current fighter jet project fails to meet modern defense needs.
[02:21] Vanessa Calderon: Mertz is pushing for a shift in strategy.
[02:24] Vanessa Calderon: He suggests the existing plans are not sufficient for the security challenges Germany faces today.
[02:31] Vanessa Calderon: I'm Vanessa Calderon.
[02:33] Victor Hale: And I'm Victor Hale.
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