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Meta settles with US states over social media harmsThe deal was reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by 29 states, averting one of the highest-profile tests ye...
Instagram head Adam Mosseri, at children's addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety featureAdam Mosseri, the head of Instagram since 2018, denied any suggestion by U.S. states suing Meta that Instagram stalled by not making the "T...
Meta, US states have discussed settling teen social media harm caseThe report comes during a federal court trial in California over claims brought by 29 states, in what is one of the highest-profile tests...
Meta, US states weigh deal over claims it designed Instagram, Facebook to hook young users: ReportMeta Platforms and state attorneys general are discussing a potential mid-trial settlement. This lawsuit accuses the company of designing s...
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...
Meta sued for over $1 million after manager refused to back employee’s green card petitionA former Meta manager has sued the company, alleging he was fired after refusing to sign a reference letter supporting an employee’s US gre...
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...
Lawyers square off in fight over voice data used to train AIRoss Kimbarovsky of Loevy & Loevy is representing the plaintiffs - a group of journalists, podcasters and audiobook narrators - in the prop...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jury selection begins in Meta youth harms trial in California federal courtThe 2023 lawsuit, filed in federal court in Oakland, California, claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without thei...
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...
Meta, 29 states head to court in biggest test yet of youth social media litigationThe trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California and New Jersey's allegations that Meta designe...
Meta, YouTube, TikTok face thousands of lawsuits in the US over kids’ mental health: What we knowMajor social media firms face thousands of lawsuits across the United States. These legal actions allege platforms are designed to addict y...