Explainer: How could New Mexico's $567 million ruling change Meta?The court in Santa Fe ruled on Thursday that Meta must pay $567 million into a New Mexico fund for teen mental health prevention and treatm...
08 Aug, 2026, 07.37 AM IST
Meta faces Tennessee trial over allegations Instagram was designed to be addictiveTennessee accuses the company of violating the state's consumer protection law by knowingly designing a product that drives teens to compul...
20 Jul, 2026, 08.05 PM IST
New Mexico seeks child safety restrictions on Meta apps and algorithms in trial's 2nd phaseNew Mexico prosecutors are demanding significant changes to Meta's social media platforms. This follows a jury verdict finding the company ...
04 May, 2026, 09.05 PM IST
Why is MSFT, Google, Meta, Nvidia and Tesla stocks falling big today? Here’s what’s driving the Big Tech stock crashBig Tech stocks are under sharp pressure today. The Big Tech stock crash today is hitting Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc, Meta Platforms Inc,...
27 Mar, 2026, 09.26 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
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
Meta awaits verdict in New Mexico child safety trialA New Mexico jury is deliberating in a major trial against social media giant Meta. The company is accused of endangering children by expos...
24 Mar, 2026, 08.12 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
ETtech Explainer: Inside Karnataka’s fake news bill, what it means for Big TechThe development is seeing parallels being drawn with the Emergency of 1975, with critics warning of a potential threat to free speech, and ...
01 Jul, 2025, 09.18 PM IST
President Trump signs Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes. What is it?President Trump signed the Take It Down Act, a bipartisan law targeting non-consensual intimate imagery and deepfakes. Introduced by Senato...
20 May, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
New advisory by GSTN: GST E-Way Bill rules changed; Buyers’ input tax credit is at risk if seller does not follow these new rulesGST: A new advisory by GSTN alerted taxpayers about changes being made with E-Way Bill generation time limits which is now reduced to 180 d...
23 Dec, 2024, 11.10 AM IST
Working with international agencies, Intelligence Bureau to ban hoax bomb perpetrators: Aviation Minister NaiduUnion Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu announces that the Centre is considering steps to ban individuals who issue hoax bomb threat...
27 Oct, 2024, 05.09 PM IST
Russia fines Wikipedia owner for failing to delete Azov battalion content - IfaxA Russian court on Tuesday fined the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, 3 million roubles ($36,854) for refusing to delete an arti...
06 Jun, 2023, 03.45 PM IST
Social media companies bulk up legal teams amid increase in compliance requirementsSignificant social media intermediaries such as Google and Facebook will have to be a part of the platform to address complaints and will h...
01 Mar, 2023, 08.40 PM IST
Penalty clause in India’s laws worry TwitterMicro-blogging site fears Indian govt could fine co if it fails to remove certain kind of content
21 Feb, 2022, 11.20 AM IST
Parliamentary panel recommends new regulator for social media platforms like Facebook, TwitterThe panel is asking for tighter rules because current laws treating these social media platforms as intermediaries hasn’t done enough in te...
24 Nov, 2021, 01.12 PM IST