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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...
Bill Gates lists 3 big risks to AI shift. Is the world heading towards turbulent times?Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned that the AI transition could become one of the most turbulent periods in history, with the techn...
Meta shares hit 5% intraday high after $16.68 billion settlement over alleged harm to young usersMeta shares hit a 4.96% intraday high after the company agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion to settle claims that Facebook and Instagram har...
Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to childrenThe deal was reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by 29 states, averting one of the highest-profile tests ye...
Instagram head Adam Mosseri, at children's addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety featureAdam Mosseri, the head of Instagram since 2018, denied any suggestion by U.S. states suing Meta that Instagram stalled by not making the "T...
Meta, US states have discussed settling teen social media harm caseThe report comes during a federal court trial in California over claims brought by 29 states, in what is one of the highest-profile tests...
Meta, US states weigh deal over claims it designed Instagram, Facebook to hook young users: ReportMeta Platforms and state attorneys general are discussing a potential mid-trial settlement. This lawsuit accuses the company of designing s...
This child prodigy developed technology to detect lead in drinking water. Years later, she made her way to MIT. At 19, made history by winning the Stephen Hawking honourGitanjali Rao's journey as a young innovator began at the age of ten when she created Tethys, a device to detect lead in drinking water. Th...
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...
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 ...
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....
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...
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...
Meta rejects allegations it sought to hook children as landmark trial beginsFour lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accuse Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fue...
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...
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...
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...