New Hampshire will receive up to $224 million as part of agreement resolving lawsuits that claimed tech-giant Meta intentionally designed its products to addict young users and misrepresented the safety risks their social media platforms posed. New Hampshire’s payout is part of a more than $17 billion multi-state deal, which includes 47 other states, Washington...Read More

According to Carr’s office, almost every attorney general nationwide started investigating the social media industry in 2021. In October 2023, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general sued Meta following a multiyear nationwide investigation into the company’s practices. The attorneys general alleged that Meta intentionally designed Facebook and Instagram to foster compulsive use among young people...Read More

This week, news broke that Meta had settled with 47 state attorneys general who jointly sued it for knowingly addicting kids to its platforms. The agreement sent shockwaves throughout Silicon Valley and Washington, DC, and among those working on technology and child safety across the nation.  Those who were too far out of the range of the...Read More

Steroids were once something you had to go looking for. You had to be in the right – or wrong – gym circle, or know the right person. But now, lads are readily watching other young men discuss their cycles on TikTok before they’ve even finished breakfast. Speaking on the Men’s Health Built for Life...Read More

Roblox and Meta have agreed to strengthen child-safety protections for users in the Philippines, including age verification, parental controls and faster removal of harmful content, as the country weighs tougher rules governing minors’ access to digital platforms. The commitments were made during face-to-face meetings between Philippine officials and executives from both companies in Singapore, according...Read More

Would you trust Washington politicians like Josh Hawley or Elizabeth Warren to be the first ones to decide what your kids can see and do online? The answer is likely “no.” Yet that is what could happen if online age-verification efforts continue to gain momentum in the U.S. These controls make the government the default...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

Cape Argus Reporter|Updated 1 week ago Nearly two-thirds of South African teenagers in top-tier schools are caught up in cyberbullying, a devastating culture of online harassment that directly undermines their mental health, classroom focus, and academic achievement. According to groundbreaking research published in the South African Journal of Information Management by Professor Daniel le Roux...Read More

Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, agreed to pay up to $17 billion to settle claims with nearly every state in the country. Texas struck its own deal worth more than $1 billion, bringing Meta’s potential payout to roughly $18 billion. But the bigger impact may not be the money, but what happens to...Read More

Arizona will receive about $223 million as part of a massive settlement of a case that alleged Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, targeted young people with addictive features and knowingly exposed them to serious mental health risks. The state’s share is part of a $17 billion agreement with Meta Platforms, the largest settlement...Read More