More than 90 child and family advocacy organizations signed a letter late last week demanding Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube adopt the same child protections Meta implemented last month. Spearheaded by the American Principles Project, the…
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…
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,…
France’s high court blocked a bill last Friday which would have banned children under 15 years old from accessing social media. The bill, which French legislators passed in a 279-81 vote on July 21, would have required platforms like Instagram,…
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…
I wonder if a certain greater sobriety is not asked of us as regards our use of social media. And if so, who is going to tell us so? So much that is stern and chastising has been removed from the public acceptance of our faith today. This is…
France passed a law last Tuesday banning children younger than 15 years old from using social media. The legislation, which French parliament members passed in a 279-81 vote on July 21, will require social media platforms like Snapchat,…
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…
CNN found itself on the receiving end of an internet prank Wednesday after airing a satirical X post from a fictional Republican congressman as though it were a legitimate statement about hospitalized Sen. Mitch McConnell. The embarrassing…
A new lawsuit against Snap, Inc., the parent company behind Snapchat, alleges the social media platforms features enabled a child predator to sexually assault a 12-year-old girl. The filing references patterns of abuse and negligence around…
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