LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay an initial 9.5 million pounds ($13 million) to the publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper following their failed invasion of privacy case — and could face an additional 25 million pounds in legal costs. In a judgment Friday, Justice...Read More
SAN ANTONIO — There wasn’t much going on at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s main campus on Wednesday despite it being the first day of school. A cybersecurity breach delayed the first day of classes and pushed them to Monday, Aug. 24. Students and teachers had to navigate not having access to their...Read More
The Department of Justice on Friday announced it had reached a $400 million settlement with social media platform TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance over concerns about children’s safety on the platform. The litigation relates to a complaint filed by the DOJ in 2024 that accused TikTok and its affiliated entities of violating children’s...Read More
CHICAGO (AP) — Meta insists it has a long history of protecting its youngest customers as it defends itself against a swath of lawsuits alleging its social media empire harms children. In the latest such instance, the social media giant is fighting allegations in a California federal court that it contributes to the youth mental...Read More
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, Colorado and New Jersey alleged Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram: “Created a business model focused on maximizing young users’...Read More
As countries introduce stricter age verification and social media restrictions for younger users, some teens may look for ways around the rules, including creating accounts their parents don’t know about. If you’re wondering whether your teen has a secret social media account, here are the signs to watch for and how to address the situation...Read More
The Justice Department appears to have hired a convicted election hacker to monitor elections. Democracy Docket reported that David Michael Levin appears to have joined the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. A Florida attorney, Levin in 2016 was charged with three felonies for hacking a Florida state elections website as well as a county elections website....Read More
Apollo Global Management disclosed Friday (Aug. 21) that it suffered a social engineering attack that led to a data breach. Apollo determined in an investigation that there was unauthorized access to some of its cloud platforms between July 6 and July 10 and that the information that may have been impacted by the incident includes...Read More
California Attorney General Rob Bonta discusses a lawsuit against Meta during a news conference on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. Joining him are Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser, and New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport. Associated Press CHICAGO — Meta insists it has a long history of protecting its youngest customers as it...Read More
