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 ...
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...
Silicon Valley battles states over new online safety laws for childrenSocial media platforms said that some of the state laws contradicted one another and that they would prefer Congress to enact a federal law...
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...
US Supreme Court to weigh state laws constraining social media companiesThe justices took up two cases involving challenges by technology industry groups who argued that these 2021 laws restricting the content-m...
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...
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...
US appeals court rejects Big Tech's right to regulate online speechThe association on Friday said it disagreed with forcing private companies to give equal treatment to all viewpoints. "'God Bless America' ...
US bill to rein in Big Tech backed by dozens of small and big companiesCompanies supporting the measure, which include Yelp, Sonos, DuckDuckGo and Spotify, called it a "moderate and sensible bill aimed squarely...
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...
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...