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Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm- A 2026 Pew survey asked 1,500 US teens about which social media apps negatively affect sleep; 40% found one app hurts the amount of sleep they get, but the same app is also more likely to help their mental health
- Meta settlement puts social media industry on notice: 'There will be more'
- What Meta agreed to in US teen safety settlementMeta will pay up to eighteen billion dollars to settle claims regarding child engagement. States alleged social media platforms enticed and...26 Aug, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
- 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...26 Aug, 2026, 08.17 PM IST
- 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...26 Aug, 2026, 07.18 PM IST
- 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...26 Aug, 2026, 01.22 PM IST
- Brazil fines TikTok $30 million in 'powerful signal' over child safetyBrazil's data protection agency on Tuesday fined TikTok nearly $30 million for failing to implement child safety measures in what it said w...26 Aug, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
- Social media use on the rise among Australian under-16s after ban: dataAustralian under-16s are increasing their use of social media apps such as Instagram and Tiktok despite a world-leading ban, data provided ...26 Aug, 2026, 07.55 AM IST
- Instagram chief admits Meta omitted weak teen safety tool uptakeAdam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram at Meta, admitted in a California court on Tuesday that he touted newly launched safety tools for teen...26 Aug, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
- Brazil fines TikTok owner ByteDance for unlawful processing of teenagers' dataANPD said that the local unit of China's ByteDance had processed personal data of teenagers aged 13 to 18 without a valid legal basis. The ...26 Aug, 2026, 12.58 AM IST
- New Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16The bill would require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to verify users' ages, including by utilising existing account inf...24 Aug, 2026, 10.16 AM IST
- From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessBelow is a summary of what countries and companies are doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of s...24 Aug, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
- 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
- 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
- Irish lawmakers summon TikTok over videos glorifying dangerous drivingFive male teenagers died in a crash on Sunday while driving on the wrong side of a motorway, seriously injuring three women and a child in ...19 Aug, 2026, 08.57 PM IST
- OpenAI introduces 'ChatGPT for Teens' amid legal pressureMost of the safeguards utilised in the ChatGPT for Teens model already existed for ChatGPT accounts belonging to minors, such as restrictio...18 Aug, 2026, 04.46 PM IST
- Social media firms urge caution on early Australia under-16 ban dataLocal heads of YouTube owner Google, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, Snapchat and TikTok fronted a Senate inquiry as lawmakers pressed t...14 Aug, 2026, 12.27 PM IST
- Parents can get up to $5,000 per violation by suing social media apps; this US state signs act to protect kids from social media addiction- here's everything you need to knowNew Jersey enacted the Kids Code Act, which will regulate online services for minors. This law aims to increase platform responsibility for...13 Aug, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
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