Meta must face youth addiction lawsuit by Massachusetts, court rules
Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit ​by Massachusetts' attorney general alleging the company designed its Instagram social ...
ClickOrlando
Greece moves to protect minors from social media with new ban for kids under 15
Greece has become the latest European Union country to unveil plans for a total social media ban for kids 15 and under.
DraftKings, FanDuel Cases Push Bounds of Design Defect Case Law
DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. are the latest apps targeted in a surge of consumer lawsuits seeking liability for what they ...
The New Yorker
What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now
Serving as a signal of a taste in the courts and among the public to have tech companies bear some of the costs of harm that ...
E&T Magazine
Britain tracks suspected Russian operation near vital subsea digital infrastructure
Russia has been accused of conducting a ‘nefarious’ month-long submarine operation over British subsea infrastructure ...
EdSurge
Why the Social Media Addiction Case Isn’t Over Yet
In what legal observers have called social media’s “Big Tobacco Moment,” a jury has found that Meta and Google’s social media ...
Politico Europe
Greece proposes law to keep kids off social media
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the measures are necessary to protect the mental health of children.
Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year
Greece has announced plans to ban access to social media for under-15s, becoming the latest European country to restrict ...
Psychology Today
Social Media Companies Fined for Harming User
Social media companies use various psychological tricks to keep users engaged. Meta and YouTube were just ordered to pay a ...
The countries that have social media bans, or are planning to implement one
It's been four months since Australia banned under-16s from using social media, and ever since, a growing number of countries have taken steps to regulate online platforms.
RTÉ Ireland
Landmark addiction verdict will have big implications for social media companies
On Wednesday, a California jury found that Meta and Google were liable for designing platforms that are addictive. It was a landmark moment that could have major implications for how social media ...
Altoona Mirror
EU targeting Snapchat over child safety
LONDON — European Union regulators are investigating Snapchat over concerns the platform isn’t doing enough to protect kids and exposing them to risks such as increased vulnerability to child ...