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
Rhode Island sues Meta over alleged tolerance for scam advertisingThe suit, filed by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha in Providence Superior Court, accuses Meta of unlawfully profiting from and ...
23 Oct, 2026, 12.45 AM IST
Saif Ali Khan once admitted he doesn't enjoy social media. 2 years later, he officially joins Instagram. His first post is pure Pataudi-codedMaking waves in the digital sphere, Saif Ali Khan has finally joined Instagram, despite earlier reservations about social media. His first ...
13 Oct, 2026, 12.51 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
Lessons from Chinese AI Firms on Owning Customers’ HabitsAs U.S. AI firms compete in an escalating race for superior models, bigger benchmarks, and more advanced features, Chinese companies are pu...
30 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM 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
Indian woman loses iPhone in Japan, what happens next leaves her amazedAn Indian woman living in Japan said she recovered her iPhone 16 Pro after accidentally leaving it behind for several hours. Pragati used A...
20 Sep, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
Delhi HC asks govt if it is contemplating policy to regulate addiction causing features on social media appsThe Delhi High Court sought the Centre's stance on regulating social media's addictive design elements. The court questioned if a policy is...
16 Sep, 2026, 02.27 PM IST
EU chief to unveil social media, gaming curbs for under-15sEU chief Ursula von der Leyen will on Wednesday unveil long-awaited plans to protect children from online harm by curbing access to social ...
16 Sep, 2026, 09.26 AM 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
Crypto's shopping hack; Centre eyes Meta child safeguardsIndians are buying groceries, fuel, food and gold via gift cards on overseas crypto platforms. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
11 Sep, 2026, 01.00 PM IST
Proposed Australian law would let social media users opt out of algorithmsThe proposed legislation would also protect children from content that promotes eating disorders, hostile ideas about women, pornography, c...
09 Sep, 2026, 11.30 AM IST
Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harmMeta's up to $18 billion settlement with nearly 50 US states over social media harm to teenagers has opened a new front in a global governm...
27 Aug, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
YouTube argues it isn't social media in landmark tech addiction trialYouTube, its lawyers said, is an entertainment platform more like Netflix than a social network like Facebook. People use the video streami...
12 Feb, 2026, 07.07 AM IST
YouTube argues it isn't social media in landmark tech addiction trialYouTube, its lawyers said, is an entertainment platform more like Netflix than a social network like Facebook. People use the video streami...
11 Feb, 2026, 01.54 PM IST