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
Juries take the lead in the push for child online safetyTwo juries have held social media giants accountable for harming young users. This marks a significant shift, validating a new legal strate...
26 Mar, 2026, 07.02 PM IST
Meta, Google risk big tobacco-like fallout after addiction trialWhile the $6 million in damages a jury in Los Angeles awarded to the 20-year-old plaintiff — which the companies vowed to appeal — will bar...
26 Mar, 2026, 09.30 AM 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
Jury reaches verdict in Meta, Google trial on social media addictionA Los Angeles jury reached a verdict on Wednesday in a landmark social media addiction trial that involves Meta's Instagram and Google's Yo...
25 Mar, 2026, 11.34 PM IST
What could come next for other social media firms as a jury finds Meta platforms harm childrenA New Mexico jury has fined Meta 375 million dollars. This is the first verdict in child safety trials against social media companies. The ...
25 Mar, 2026, 09.11 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
US music publishers suing Anthropic make their case against AI 'fair use'Music publishers Universal Music Group, Concord and ABKCO have asked a judge in California to rule that US copyright law does not insulate ...
24 Mar, 2026, 10.07 PM 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
Meta faces New Mexico trial over child-exploitation claimsMeta will face a New Mexico jury over claims its apps exposed children to sexual abuse. The state says weak safeguards and addictive design...
30 Jan, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kidsThe lawsuit, filed in 2024 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that its actions affected h...
08 Dec, 2025, 10.11 PM 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
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
Suit against Meta, using a tech shield law, is dismissedA federal judge on Thursday dismissed a suit brought by a professor who wants to build a tool that allows Facebook users to unfollow everyo...
08 Nov, 2024, 09.42 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta sued for failing to address sex trafficking, child exploitationThe complaint made public late Monday by several pension and investment funds that own Meta stock said Meta's leadership and board have fai...
22 Mar, 2023, 08.51 AM IST