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
Meta agrees to settlement with 47 states in lawsuits Texas has secured a historic settlement worth over $1 billion from Meta Platforms Inc., requiring the social media giant to implement sweeping new safety features for young users on Facebook and Instagram, state officials announced Wednesday. FOX 26’s Mekenna Earnhart has more. HOUSTON – Texas has...Read More
For just under a year from 2022 to 2023, George Volichenko had what I have come to think of as the median experience of working in trust and safety at Meta. Hired to work on Instagram’s “teen mental well-being team,” the data scientist soon found that Meta made it difficult to ship features that meaningfully...Read More
Social media giant Meta has agreed to a historic $17 billion settlement with multiple states, including Colorado, in a lawsuit over social media addiction. Colorado was one of dozens of states that accused Meta of intentionally designing a product that’s addictive to children. The company will now pay the states a portion of the settlement,...Read More
Following Australia’s trailblazing social-media ban, New Zealand has become the latest country to introduce a bill banning younger teens from a range of social media platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) companions in response to addiction concerns. On Monday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon introduced the “Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill,” which...Read More
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – Louisiana is set to receive about $180 million from Meta as part of a settlement over allegations the company’s social media platforms targeted children with addictive content. The attorney general says the money could help protect children online. Largest settlement since tobacco case The settlement is the largest consumer protection settlement...Read More
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – New Facebook and Instagram guidelines set daily time limits for teens, restrict app access from midnight to 6 a.m. and limit push notifications during school hours. The changes follow a $17.1 billion settlement with Meta. Brylin Thomas, a 19-year-old from Lincoln, called the changes a relief. “I think life would be...Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) – Louisiana has agreed to a settlement with Meta over concerns that its apps are addictive to children, according to Attorney General Liz Murrill. The state will receive $180 million spread out over nine years. Forty-eight other states are also part of the settlement. The money will go toward things like...Read More
