Brazil fines TikTok $30 million in 'powerful signal' over child safetyBrazil's data protection agency on Tuesday fined TikTok nearly $30 million for failing to implement child safety measures in what it said w...
26 Aug, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
Instagram chief admits Meta omitted weak teen safety tool uptakeAdam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram at Meta, admitted in a California court on Tuesday that he touted newly launched safety tools for teen...
26 Aug, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
18-year-old son jumps off a cliff after parents refused to buy him an iPhone; father and mother die trying to save himAn 18-year-old jumped off a cliff in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after his parents refused to buy him an iPhone. His father tried to catch hi...
22 Aug, 2026, 02.32 PM IST
TikTok reaches $400 million settlement with US Justice Department over children's privacyTikTok has agreed to a $400 million settlement with the US Department of Justice. This resolution addresses allegations of violating federa...
22 Aug, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
US teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trialThe plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey identified in California court records as P. M-Y., had alleged the platforms' owners - Me...
21 Aug, 2026, 01.52 PM IST
What if Meta loses trial? Penalties may top $1.4 trillion, matching its market capMeta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is being sued by a bipartisan coalition of states on allegations of deceiving the public and desig...
21 Aug, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
Teen drops landmark social media addiction case against Meta, Google, SnapA 15-year-old girl dropped her lawsuit against Meta, Google, and Snap Inc. She had alleged social media addiction and mental health issues....
21 Aug, 2026, 06.42 AM IST
Former Meta engineer says Instagram took a 'don't ask, don't tell' approach on kids under 13During his second day of testimony, Arturo Bejar said Meta consistently prioritized profits over safety in designing its products, focusing...
20 Aug, 2026, 08.08 AM IST
Former Meta engineer resumes testimony in landmark trial over social media's harm to young usersArturo Bejar, who worked at Meta from 2009 to 2015 before returning to the company as an independent contractor from 2019 to 2021, is the f...
19 Aug, 2026, 05.03 PM IST
Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram as landmark trial beginsFour lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fu...
19 Aug, 2026, 12.26 PM IST
In Meta's trial, families of social media victims see pivotal moment for online safetyWritten on it in black ink were the names of children and young adults who have died from social media related harms, including deaths by s...
19 Aug, 2026, 08.38 AM IST
Meta rejects allegations it sought to hook children as landmark trial beginsFour lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accuse Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fue...
19 Aug, 2026, 01.27 AM IST
OpenAI introduces 'ChatGPT for Teens' amid legal pressureMost of the safeguards utilised in the ChatGPT for Teens model already existed for ChatGPT accounts belonging to minors, such as restrictio...
18 Aug, 2026, 04.46 PM IST
29 states in US want Meta to change how Facebook and Instagram operate and give $1.4 trillion penalty; the case now threatens Mark Zuckerberg's AI planA groundbreaking federal trial has begun against Meta Platforms, with 29 US states alleging that the company intentionally designed its soc...
18 Aug, 2026, 04.22 PM IST
A look at major lawsuits against Meta, other social media companies over harms to kidsIn a federal trial beginning Tuesday in Oakland, California, the Instagram and Facebook parent company is fighting claims that it has contr...
18 Aug, 2026, 10.40 AM IST
Student shot a classmate to death then killed himself at school in southern Philippines, mayor saysTwo students died in a shooting at a Philippines high school Tuesday. The incident occurred at a school attached to Ateneo de Zamboanga Uni...
18 Aug, 2026, 08.29 AM IST
What's the latest in the trials over claims social media is hurting children?The social media companies have denied allegations that their products have contributed to depression, anxiety, body-image issues and a bro...
12 Aug, 2026, 05.38 PM IST