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Madrid residents joined a nationwide day of protests on Wednesday in solidarity with the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, which is grappling with an unprecedented migration crisis following a mass border surge from neighboring Morocco in late July.

Advocates for social media in the Maritimes are reacting to Meta’s multi-billion dollar legal payout this week. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, reached a settlement in the United States in response to claims the company designed its platform to keep children addicted. Mitchell Bailey has the story.

The new Meta AI data centre in Northern Alberta is still under construction, but its effects on ratepayers are already being seen. A recent report done by the Pembina Institute estimates between $270 and $460 in additional electricity costs as early as next year. The province says the report is “designed to intentionally fearmonger and...

Meta is agreeing to pay billions of dollars and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram over allegations its platforms were designed to keep kids hooked. Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy joins us to break down the landmark settlement and what it could mean for young users.

Meta Platforms META.O has agreed to pay up to US$17.1 billion in one of the largest big tech settlements in history, with a coalition of states accusing the company of addicting a generation of young people to social media, misleading consumers about their safety, and improperly collecting the data of users. Touria Izri reports on...

In the U.S., 41 states and Washington, D.C. have filed lawsuits against Meta over concerns about child safety and social media addiction. The landmark trial with California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey as plaintiffs is about to begin in federal court. Jillian Piper dissects the allegations against the company, and explains why the case’s outcome...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has bought a 19th-century Gothic-style castle overlooking a river in the southeast of Ireland, 200 km from his company’s European headquarters, a spokesman said on Thursday. Drone views on Thursday showed Strancally Castle, which was built around 1830 on land overlooking the River Blackwater and underwent extensive renovation in 2003, according...

Meta is facing a new lawsuit which may fundamentally change how children use its various platforms. Several U.S. states have sued the tech giant, saying platforms like Facebook and Instagram have directly contributed to the mental health crisis in young people. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Aug. 17, 2026.

Opening arguments began Tuesday in a California courtroom for a landmark trial against social media giant Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram. As Touria Izri reports, the case could reshape some of the world’s most popular apps.

A court in New Mexico has ordered social media giant Meta to pay $US567 million to address harms to young people caused by its platforms. University of Toronto associate professor Evan Light joins Global’s Nivrita Ganguly to talk about the impact of the ruling.

Thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Thursday, with many swimming for hours to reach the territory. An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 people overwhelmed authorities, prompting calls for a national emergency. One migrant living in Spain said “they’re told that there’s a future in Spain, that there are jobs...

European Lawmakers held emergency talks Tuesday after tens of thousands of people tried to enter Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory last week illegally. The incident has reignited the immigration debate in Europe and beyond. Nathaniel Dove has the latest on the story, including the people still stuck just outside Spain.

At least 57 people have now died trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta region with an estimated 60,000 migrants traversing the trek both by the sea and by land. But the images of thousands of people overwhelming Spanish authorities is already causing political waves. Redmond Shannon reports.

The mass crossings of tens of thousands of people from Morocco into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta were a “violation of Spain’s territorial sovereignty,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters on Friday. Around 60,000 people — more than half of Ceuta’s population — were estimated to have crossed into Ceuta in the past...

Spain said migrant crossings into its North African enclave of Ceuta had stopped overnight, as police began installing a 500-metre floating barrier on Saturday off its border with Morocco following a mass rush that killed at least 67 people.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is rolling out a new feature that will alert parents if their child is discussing suicide or self-harm with its AI chatbot. Jacqueline Hansen has that story and more in Business Matters for July 17, 2026.

Tech giant Meta plans to spend $13 billion to build an A-I focused data centre in Alberta’s Sturgeon County. Marina Freire Gormaly, Associate Professor at York University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, joins Global’s Nivrita Ganguly to discuss the technology powering this technology and its likely impact.

Tech giant Meta has announced plans to build its first Canadians data centre in Alberta. It marks one of the largest private-sector investments in Canadian history and as Meghan Cobb reports, the Alberta government says it signals the province is open for buisness.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Wednesday that Alberta will be home to Meta’s first artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in Canada. The tech company behind Facebook says the $13-billion project is to be located in Sturgeon County, north of Edmonton.

There’s a growing diplomatic spat between Italy and Spain after thousands of migrants rushed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week. Italy temporarily re-imposed border controls with Spain, defying the EU’s open border policy. And now Spain is firing back with travel restrictions of its own. Erik Bay reports.