Social Media
Meta Settles With Teen During Trial Over Social Media Addiction Claims
Meta settled a lawsuit Friday with an 18-year-old Mississippi plaintiff, identified only as K.D.B., while a jury was being selected in a Los...
States Begin Announcing How Theyll Spend Their Share of $17 Billion Meta Settlement
Some states will use their share of the multibillion-dollar settlement from the Meta civil lawsuit to create online safety initiatives and provide youth...
TikTok, ByteDance to Pay $400 Million in Childrens Privacy Settlement
The TikTok app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken Oct. 27, 2025. Dado Ruvic/ReutersThe Justice Department said Friday that TikTok and...
Irish Lawmakers Seek TikTok Explanation About Wrong-Way Illegal Driving Trend
An Irish parliamentary committee has asked TikTok to explain its content moderation system after the head of the country’s police force said it...
Australias 10 Most Influential YouTube Accounts to Be Preserved for History
A photo of an online video of Eddie Woo, influencer, teacher and mathematician who runs the channel, misterwootube, which has over 2 million...
Big Tech Firms Admit Under-16s Still Accessing Social Media Despite Ban
Four of the major social media platforms have conceded that under-16-year-olds are still accessing their services despite the social media ban, but say...
Top French Court Blocks Macron-Backed Social Media Ban for Under-15s
The top court in France has blocked a bill backed by French President Emmanuel Macron banning social media access for under-15s.The Constitutional Council...
Digital Rights Group Says Social Media Ban Not Working, Call for Algorithm to Be Exposed
Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and X should be required to expose the inner workings of their algorithms, according to digital...
