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Virginia appeals injunction against social media time limit for childrenVirginia has appealed a judge's preliminary injunction against a state law limiting children under 16 to one hour of social media use a day.
Mississippi social media law: Age verification and parental consent now mandatory on Facebook, Instagram, XMississippi’s new social media law now requires sites like Facebook, Instagram, and X to verify children’s ages and get parental consent. N...
Tech industry group sues Arkansas over new social media lawsArkansas is among several states that have been enacting restrictions on social media, prompted by concerns about the impact on children's ...
Texas poised to ban social media for minors in a bold move that could rewrite online childhoodTexas is on the verge of enacting a law that would prohibit individuals under 18 from using social media platforms, sparking debate over me...
Microsoft faces wide-ranging US antitrust probeThe FTC is probing Microsoft's software licensing and cloud practices. The investigation focuses on potential anti-competitive behavior. Mi...
Injunction against California law on children's online safety narrowedThe law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act required platforms, before releasing any online products and services, to assess wh...
US Supreme Court sidesteps dispute on state laws regulating social mediaLegal battles over social media control escalate as court decisions differ. The role of content moderation and free speech rights takes cen...
Eying China, US proposes 'know your customer' cloud computing requirementsThe Biden administration is taking a series of measures to prevent China from using US technology for artificial intelligence, as the burge...
A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Ohio over new law limiting kids' use of social mediaA trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies sued Ohio on Friday over a pending law that requires child...
A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Utah over limits on app use for minorsThe restrictions are designed to protect children from targeted advertisements and addictive features that could negatively impact their me...
Biden administration aims to cut AI risks with executive orderThe order, which he signed at the White House, requires developers of AI systems that pose risks to US national security, the economy, publ...
US tech groups back TikTok in challenge to Montana state banTwo tech groups on Monday backed TikTok in its lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of a Montana state ban on use of the short video sharin...
Tech companies including Google gripe about unfair cloud practicesGoogle echoed the sentiment in its own filing, saying that "licensing terms enforced by Microsoft, Oracle, and other legacy on-premises sof...
Can Montana actually ban TikTok despite passing the law?The statewide ban won't take effect until January 2024. It would be void if the social media platform is sold to a company that is not base...
YouTube case at US Supreme Court could shape protections for ChatGPT and AIWhat the court decides about those issues is relevant beyond social media platforms. Its ruling could influence the emerging debate over wh...
Texas law against blocking online posts on hold by US Supreme Court for nowPolitical conservatives have accused Facebook, Twitter and other social media giants of stifling their voices, providing no evidence to sup...
Facebook, Google fight bill that would help US news industryGoogle has launched a website asserting it is "one of the world's biggest financial supporters of journalism" by virtue of the ad revenue a...
US sues Facebook over its WhatsApp, Instagram acquisition; alleges it crushed smaller rivalsThe landmark antitrust lawsuits, announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James, mark the second maj...
Democrats prefer 'scalpel' over 'jackhammer' to reform key U.S. internet lawBig Tech's decisions to block some posts and videos while letting other content viewed as inflammatory proliferate have drawn the ire of Re...
Republican Senator's bill would ban YouTube, Facebook scrolls as addictiveThe bill would ban infinite, automatic content additions when users approach the end of feeds on sites. It wouldn’t apply to music-streamin...