Meta’s decision to restrict teenagers’ use of its social media platforms in the United States shows that the company has the tools to provide stronger protections for young people online, Australian officials said as the country continues to face uneven enforcement of its own social media restrictions. According to foreign media, Meta has agreed to...Read More
Earlier this week, Meta settled a lawsuit brought by a coalition of state attorneys general and the District of Columbia, which claimed that the company’s products — namely Facebook and Instagram — were harmful to children. One week into trial, Meta agreed to a settlement that would require them to pay up to a $17...Read More
Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, tech billionaires and executives are keeping their own children away from the tech they helped create. As far back as 2010, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs told a New York Times reporter his kids had never used an iPad and that “we limit how much technology our kids use at...Read More
(The Center Square) – Child-safety measures for children and $353 million from a $17.1 billion settlement are coming to Virginia from Meta, owner of the Facebook and Instagram platforms. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was spared a spot on the stand to tell jurors his side in a California federal court. Thirty-two states sued in October 2023. All...Read More
Features A Shared Responsibility Mining Gazette file photo Local schools resume following summer recess on Tuesday, Sept. 8. A reminder to watch for busses, children walking and parents dropping off students. HOUGHTON — As summer winds down and local schools start up Sept. 8, roads and neighborhoods take on a different rhythm. School buses return...Read More
The Cap Times is an independent newsroom serving Madison and Wisconsin. Sign up for the Morning Update to receive news in your inbox each morning. A multistate settlement with the owner of Facebook and Instagram will “fundamentally change” the influence of social media on Wisconsin children, the state’s top attorney said Wednesday. The state...Read More
(The Center Square) – Child-safety measures for children and $645 million from a $17.1 billion settlement are coming to North Carolina from Meta, owner of the Facebook and Instagram platforms. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was spared a spot on the stand to tell jurors his side in a California federal court. Thirty-two states sued in October...Read More
Olivia Konar holds a banner with names of young people who advocates say died as a result of social media outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. Her sister Coco Konar died in 2022 when she was 17. Social media company Meta agreed to...Read More
Texas will get more than $1 billion from technology giant Meta as part of a new settlement related to children’s online safety, the attorney general’s office announced Wednesday. The company, which owns social media companies Facebook and Instagram, agreed to also pay California and several other states a collective $17 billion on Wednesday as part...Read More
Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey were among 29 states that sued the tech giant in...Read More
