You’re 13 years old. The teacher says you’re going on a two-week break. Something about a virus in China. Something about masks and “social distancing,” whatever that means. Two weeks turn into a month. A month turns into the rest of the school…
Meta agreed to pay $17.1 billion today to settle with 52 attorneys general who claimed the company intentionally addicts children to social media. The landmark agreement requires the social media company make gargantuan changes to Facebook and…
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle a multi-state lawsuit accusing it of intentionally creating addictive social media features that harmed young people and then lying about the risks. The settlement will trigger restrictions for…
The first of the federal social media addiction trials began in Oakland, California this week, with four state attorneys general accusing Meta of deliberately addicting children to social media. The attorneys general of California, Kentucky,…
On August 6, a New Mexico court delivered what may be the most consequential ruling in the history of social-media regulation. A judge in Santa Fe ordered Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, to pay a total of $942 million in fines for…
Meta must adopt new safety procedures and pay $567 million to help those harmed by Facebook and Instagram, a New Mexico judge ruled last week. The costly order, which Judge Bryan Biedscheid handed down on August 6, concludes the second and final…
Meta will no longer use public Instagram posts to generate AI images, the social media company announced Friday, following days of public backlash. The controversial feature launched last Tuesday when Meta rolled out Meta Muse, a new AI program…
Juries in California and New Mexico dealt Meta two costly legal defeats this week, reflecting Americans’ mounting frustration with social media companies’ unwillingness to protect children on their platforms. KGM v. Meta A Los Angeles jury…
Trial proceedings in New Mexico’s court case against Meta will conclude later this month, with a judge to decide whether the beleaguered social media company violated state law by exposing minors to explicit content, social media addiction and…
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