Meta’s settlement calls for several key design changes to protect teens, but how the states will verify and enforce the changes is a big question mark.
August 27, 2026
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement
August 26, 2026
Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and
August 27, 2026
Meta Platforms agreed to pay a maximum $16.68 billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram to resolve claims by states across the U.S. that the
August 26, 2026
The top executive at Instagram said few teenagers used a key safety feature to limit their use before
August 25, 2026
The latest dangerous social media trend that ‘gamifies’ deadly driving
August 24, 2026
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has expressed frustration over unsolicited beauty advice
August 24, 2026
‘Aura farming’ began as a meme. Latin American youth have turned it into a competitive sport
August 24, 2026
Meta is defending itself in a California federal court against allegations that its social media business poses harms to children and teenagers
August 20, 2026
A former engineering director at Meta Platforms testified on Wednesday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered
August 19, 2026
Meta Platforms rejected accusations by U.S. states that it intentionally sought to addict children to its Facebook and Instagram platforms
August 18, 2026
As opening statements get underway in a landmark trial over claims that Meta Platforms misled the public about the safety of Instagram and Facebook for young
August 18, 2026
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California
August 17, 2026
Jurors in a bellwether trial about the impacts of social media on children are studying a deposition from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
March 05, 2026
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said on Thursday it had taken down more than 750,000 accounts it suspected were held by Australians aged under 16 since a world-first ban
August 13, 2026
Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered Facebook
August 12, 2026
Two brothers show the world that autism is no barrier to independence
July 27, 2026
A Sydney court on Wednesday cleared Australian actor Rebel Wilson of defaming Charlotte MacInnes, the lead actor in Wilson's directorial
July 22, 2026
Hollywood star Rebel Wilson wins defamation case brought by young actress
July 22, 2026
Since the camera is always watching, why not snap a surveillance selfie?
July 18, 2026
Meta Platforms faces trial in Tennessee on Monday over the state's claims that Instagram's design is to blame for a youth mental-health crisis, one of several
July 20, 2026
Facebook and Instagram users reporting some outages, say internet watchdogs
July 19, 2026
YouTube has appealed a landmark social media addiction lawsuit verdict in Los Angeles
July 16, 2026
Meta has pulled the plug on a feature of a recently launched AI tool following criticism that it made Instagram accounts fodder for use in creating AI-generated images
July 11, 2026
Oil extends losses on hopes for Middle East talks to ease supply woes
South Korea central bank delivers back-to-back rate hike, as expected
Hong Kong home prices soft in July, first decline in 16 months
Australia says information on 34 missing citizens in Nepal is 'very limited'
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Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97