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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...21 Aug, 2026, 01.52 PM IST- Participants at MeitY child safety consultation call for regulation beyond content takedownsParticipants said there was no demand for a blanket ban on social media. Instead, discussions centred on defining and enforcing “safety by ...21 Aug, 2026, 10.25 AM IST
- 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....21 Aug, 2026, 06.42 AM IST
- Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies at trialArturo Bejar, a vocal critic of Meta's safety record, made the allegation during his second day of testimony in a landmark trial over claim...20 Aug, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
- 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...19 Aug, 2026, 05.03 PM IST
- 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...19 Aug, 2026, 12.26 PM IST
- Major Meta trial begins as lawyers spar over witnesses, damagesFacebook-parent Meta will defend itself in a landmark social media trial that begins Tuesday in California, where attorneys have sparred ov...19 Aug, 2026, 08.39 AM IST
- 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...19 Aug, 2026, 08.38 AM IST
- 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...18 Aug, 2026, 04.22 PM IST
- 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...18 Aug, 2026, 10.40 AM IST
- US states seek $200 billion penalty in blockbuster Meta lawsuitA coalition of US states will seek around $200 billion in damages against Meta, which they accuse of intentionally designing Facebook and I...16 Aug, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
- 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...13 Aug, 2026, 07.56 AM IST
- 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...12 Aug, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
- 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...12 Aug, 2026, 04.20 PM IST
- US court rules Meta, other tech firms must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addictionThe San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Meta and TikTok seeking to overturn a lower court ruling re...11 Aug, 2026, 07.34 AM IST
- US appeals court allows thousands of lawsuits against social media companies over user addiction claims to proceedAn appeals court permitted thousands of lawsuits against social media firms to advance. These suits allege companies designed products to a...10 Aug, 2026, 10.13 PM IST
- Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in USWith two convictions and nearly $1 billion in damages already stacked up, Meta will face another trial starting this week about alleged har...10 Aug, 2026, 07.34 AM IST
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