US Supreme Court declined to hear Meta's challenge to Vermont social media addiction lawsuitThe US Supreme Court has refused to hear Meta's appeal. This allows a lawsuit against Meta's Instagram to proceed. Vermont's attorney gener...
26 May, 2026, 07.11 PM IST
Tech is betting on a former executive in the race for California governorTech investor favorite Matt Mahan, a moderate Democrat and former tech executive, is running for California governor. He's gained significa...
07 May, 2026, 09.51 AM IST
US jury verdicts against Meta, Google tee up fight over tech liability shieldTech giants Meta and Google have been found liable in US courts for harm caused to young users. Juries awarded millions in damages in cases...
26 Mar, 2026, 07.48 PM IST
Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claimsIn a landmark decision, a jury in New Mexico has convicted Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, of breaching stat...
25 Mar, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust decisionThe FTC said it continues to allege that, for more than a decade, Meta Platforms Inc. has "illegally maintained a monopoly" in social netwo...
21 Jan, 2026, 08.12 AM IST
Apple, Google, Meta must face lawsuits over casino-style gambling appsU.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, rejected the companies' main argument that Section 230 of the federal Communicat...
01 Oct, 2025, 07.46 AM IST
Top AI talent attracted not just by paycheques: Meta CEO Mark ZuckerbergMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said top AI researchers are joining the company not just for high pay, but for greater autonomy and access to powe...
16 Jul, 2025, 01.51 PM IST
Nigerian tribunal upholds $220 million fine against MetaFCCPC chief executive officer Adamu Abdullahi said investigations carried out in conjunction with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission be...
26 Apr, 2025, 09.05 AM IST
Advocates say online erasure of women's health is 'dangerous'From women's health start-ups to reproductive healthcare groups, many say their social media posts are being censored, online paid advertis...
18 Mar, 2025, 03.41 PM IST
US Supreme Court rebuffs Meta bid to avoid advertisers' lawsuitA three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against Menlo Park, California-based Meta in March...
14 Jan, 2025, 08.03 AM IST
No relief to Meta Platforms from advertisers' lawsuitA three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against Menlo Park, California-based Meta in March...
13 Jan, 2025, 11.20 PM IST
Meta beats censorship lawsuit by RFK Jr's anti-vaccine groupChildren's health defense sued in 2020, saying that Meta had violated its constitutional rights by flagging "vaccine misinformation" as fal...
10 Aug, 2024, 08.50 AM IST
Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy caseThe owner of Facebook and Instagram had sought a temporary injunction against the order from the Norwegian data regulator, Datatilsynet, wh...
06 Sep, 2023, 03.25 PM IST
US formally ends fight against Meta's purchase of VR content maker Within UnlimitedThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which lost a fight in court to block the acquisition, said in a filing that it has decided to formally ...
25 Feb, 2023, 08.15 AM IST
Meta loses bid to toss $175 million verdict in streaming patent caseSan Francisco-based Voxer's 2020 lawsuit said its representatives disclosed its patented technology to Meta, which was then Facebook, when ...
22 Feb, 2023, 10.54 PM IST
Russia fines WhatsApp, Snapchat owner over data storage violations-agenciesMoscow's Tagansky District Court fined WhatsApp 18 million roubles ($301,255) and Snap 1 million roubles, news agencies reported. WhatsApp ...
28 Jul, 2022, 03.04 PM IST
Facebook appeals UK ruling that it must sell GiphyBritain's Competition and Markets Authority ordered Meta to sell Giphy, which it acquired for a reported $400 million in May 2020, last mon...
24 Dec, 2021, 03.41 PM IST