Meta settles with teen during trial testing claims social media caused depression, eating disordersMeta Platforms has settled with a teen plaintiff who accused the company of designing Instagram and Facebook to be addictive, causing her m...
30 Oct, 2026, 09.18 PM IST
Meta, Snap head to trial in another case about social media's harmsJury selection is expected to begin on Wednesday in Los Angeles for another landmark trial about the alleged harms of social media on young...
28 Oct, 2026, 08.33 AM IST
Elon Musk wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla: Here's what to knowElon Musk said this week that SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to study a merger of his two biggest companies. Musk cautione...
23 Oct, 2026, 09.39 AM IST
Florida asks court to force Meta to change Facebook, Instagram for teensIn a filing in a Pasco County court, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked for a temporary injunction forcing Meta to identify and ...
08 Oct, 2026, 08.45 AM IST
Florida asks court to force Meta to change Facebook, Instagram for teensFlorida is advancing a lawsuit against Meta Platforms to enforce stricter protections for young users. The Attorney General seeks changes i...
08 Oct, 2026, 08.39 AM IST
TikTok gave thousands of young users fake safety tools in tests, New York lawsuit allegesTikTok is facing allegations from New York for conducting misleading placebo tests on its safety features. Those tests involved thousands o...
08 Oct, 2026, 07.49 AM IST
Japan court rules human voice is protected in TikTok AI caseA Tokyo court ruled that human voices have legal protection in Japan after a notable lawsuit by Kenjiro Tsuda. The ruling concerns unauthor...
30 Sep, 2026, 11.26 AM IST
1.7 million pounds of sugar recalled across 8 US states; FDA cites key reason behind the big move; check if your state is on the listA significant recall of nearly 1.7 million pounds of sugar products has been announced by the US FDA. The affected sugar products may conta...
26 Sep, 2026, 01.09 PM IST
TikTok agrees to teen limits in US settlement following MetaA trial had been set to begin Monday in the southern US state over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield...
26 Sep, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
‘Daily time limits, filter controls, and account privacy’: TikTok agrees to ‘platform-level changes’ for teens, settles lawsuit with Alabama for $100 million days before trialTikTok has agreed to pay Alabama $100 million following claims about its harmful impact on youth mental health. The settlement involves imp...
26 Sep, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
First US trial against TikTok to test claims platform fueled teen mental health crisisAn Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young user...
25 Sep, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Banned beauty products are still one click away in India and around the worldBanned skin-bleaching products containing mercury are still available for purchase online. These illegal items are found on Amazon, Temu, a...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate RessaThe Filipino and American journalist, who jointly won the 2021 award in part for her work documenting the power of large tech companies, se...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate Maria RessaNobel laureate Maria Ressa expresses urgent concerns about the risks that artificial intelligence poses to human agency, emphasizing the ne...
15 Sep, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety featureAccording to the ruling, Texas said TikTok told users it would remove content that violated its Community Guidelines, but internally class...
11 Sep, 2026, 10.47 PM IST
Portuguese group D3 sues Meta, TikTok and YouTube over addictive designA spokesperson for Alphabet's Google, owner of YouTube, said providing people with "a safer, healthier experience has always been core to o...
11 Sep, 2026, 10.08 AM IST
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...
22 Aug, 2026, 07.00 AM IST