Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Wednesday the state is included in the $17 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, the social media company behind Facebook and Instagram. Indiana’s portion of the settlement could range from roughly $300 million to as much as $419 million. Indiana was part of a multi-state lawsuit against the company over...Read More
Photo speed cameras will operate on school days in Youngstown to protect students. Obey 20 mph limits when beacons flash to avoid mailed citations. Stephen M. Dowell TNS The Youngstown Police Department said it will continue its automated photo speed enforcement program in schools throughout the city, starting on Tuesday, September 1. The primary objective...Read More
Along with paying up to $18 billion, the social media company will also be instituting a slew of new safety features for users under 18. HARRISBURG, Pa. — After agreeing to pay up to $18 billion as part of a landmark trial over teen social media addiction, Meta will also be adding child safety measures...Read More
You’d think by now most people would know that snatching a game-used ball or jersey from a kid at a sporting event is always a bad move, but it appears at least one person didn’t get the message … or did he? English Premier League club Liverpool had just played Nottingham Forest to a 2-2...Read More
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Meta and dozens of states nationwide, including Utah, agreed to settle its lawsuit over child safety practices on Instagram and Facebook, state officials confirmed on Wednesday. The Utah Governor’s Office said the settlement included $212 million to be paid to Utah over the next ten years and would force Meta...Read More
A news conference today organized by Attorney General William Tong at the State Office Building in Hartford began with the heartbreaking remarks of Tammy Rodriguez who lost her 11-year-old daughter to suicide in 2021. “Selena was exposed to many social media harms that I had no idea were going on,” Rodriguez said. “I have become...Read More
Over the last five years, efforts to make social networks Facebook and Instagram safer for young people have erupted across courts, classrooms and capitals. Now Meta Platforms, the parent company of the world’s most popular social networks, faces another big moment of reckoning. On Wednesday, Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion over 10...Read More
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles after defending the company in a landmark social media addiction trial, Feb. 19, 2026. Jon Putman | Anadolu | Getty Images Meta‘s watershed social media trial just wrapped up in California, but now attention is shifting to the wider industry with TikTok, YouTube...Read More
Advocates push for safety measures for autistic children as a 6-year-old who was left on a daycare bus is laid to rest. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Family, friends, and coworkers gathered to remember 6-year-old Winter Sky Jones, an autistic, non-speaking child whose death after being left on a daycare bus has sparked questions about child safety,...Read More
You’d think by now most people would know that snatching a game-used ball or jersey from a kid at a sporting event is always a bad move, but it appears at least one person didn’t get the message … or did he? English Premier League club Liverpool had just played Nottingham Forest to a 2-2...Read More
