US Stocks: Meta shares drop 7% on fears US verdicts open door to deluge of lawsuitsMeta Platforms shares tumbled 7% after two verdicts found the social media giant liable for harm to young users. These rulings, totaling hu...
26 Mar, 2026, 11.13 PM IST
Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kidsThe jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world's most valuable comp...
26 Mar, 2026, 08.10 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trialMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, summoned by lawyers representing a p...
18 Feb, 2026, 07.28 AM IST
Instagram chief says social media is not 'clinically addictive' in landmark trialInstagram's chief executive said Wednesday that social media was not "clinically addictive," refuting claims that the platform prioritised ...
12 Feb, 2026, 06.59 AM IST
Meta, YouTube design apps to addict kids, jury hears as landmark trial beginsA 20-year-old woman identified as Kaley G.M. in court is suing Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google, ...
10 Feb, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Trial against Meta in New Mexico focuses on dangers of child sexual exploitation on social mediaA trial focused on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media and whether Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms beg...
09 Feb, 2026, 10.59 PM IST
Instagram, YouTube addiction trial kicks off in Los AngelesA verdict against the tech companies could smooth the way for similar cases in state court, and shake the industry's longstanding U.S. lega...
09 Feb, 2026, 04.53 PM IST
Undercover investigation of Meta heads to trial in New Mexico in first stand-alone case by stateNew Mexico is leading a groundbreaking trial against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. Prosecutors allege Meta created a ...
01 Feb, 2026, 11.29 AM IST
Donald Trump admin to press ahead with Amazon, Meta antitrust casesIn an interview with FOX Business, newly appointed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Andrew Ferguson confirmed that ongoing cases agains...
21 Feb, 2025, 07.49 AM IST
Meta's Zuckerberg not liable in lawsuits over social media harm to childrenUS District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California rejected accusations on Thursday that Zuckerberg directed Meta's efforts to...
09 Nov, 2024, 04.56 PM IST
Can tech executives be held responsible for what happens on their platforms?And on Saturday, Pavel Durov, who founded the online communications tool Telegram, was arrested in France as part of an investigation into ...
28 Aug, 2024, 11.53 AM IST
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for social media’s impact on kids. Know how Senate committee members grilled Meta's bossThe Senate committee played a video in which children spoke about being bullied on social media platforms. Besides, they recounted stories ...
01 Feb, 2024, 07.48 PM IST
CEOs of TikTok, Meta, X to testify at US Senate hearing in JanuarySenator Dick Durbin, the panel's Democratic chairman and the ranking Republican Lindsey Graham said Discord and X had initially balked at p...
30 Nov, 2023, 08.43 AM IST
Draft EU artificial intelligence rules could hurt Europe: open letterEU lawmakers agreed to a set of draft rules this month where systems like ChatGPT would have to disclose AI-generated content, help disting...
30 Jun, 2023, 03.17 PM IST
Draft EU artificial intelligence rules could hurt Europe, say companies in open letterEU lawmakers agreed to a set of draft rules this month where systems like ChatGPT would have to disclose AI-generated content, help disting...
30 Jun, 2023, 12.29 PM IST
ETSA panel to discuss ‘The Great Reset’; crypto investors seek more transparencyThe Indian startup ecosystem is feeling the reverberations of the global tech turbulence wrought by inflationary pressures and high interes...
15 Nov, 2022, 07.26 AM IST
An "eraser button"? Focused ideas could help bridle Big TechBreak up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies' shield against liability in cases where the content they push to users causes ha...
31 Oct, 2021, 05.40 PM IST