Mark Scott is a contributing editor at Tech Policy Press. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the Defence Industry Forum at the 36th NATO (OTAN) Heads of State and Government Summit in Ankara, Turkiye on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Alexis Jumeau/Sipa via AP Images) When the European Commission’s special panel on...Read More
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia’s candidates for governor took different paths on the campaign trail Wednesday, highlighting stark policy divides and trading sharp personal attacks as they toured metro Atlanta. Republican nominee Rick Jackson stood at the State Capitol to pitch a zero-tolerance crackdown on human trafficking and online predators. Meanwhile, Democratic nominee...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
Updated August 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM CDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a...Read More
Updated August 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM CDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a...Read More
Meta has reached a landmark settlement in the United States of America, agreeing to pay nearly $18 billion in penalties and make major changes to its platforms. The penalties are for violating child privacy and endangering children with addictive social media platforms. As part of the settlement, Meta has agreed to limit how long teenagers...Read More
OAKLAND, Calif.— Opening arguments are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court. Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking extensive financial damages plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram. Twenty-nine states sued the tech giant in 2023 over...Read More
New York — OpenAI is rolling out a new “ChatGPT for Teens” experience that it says will provide additional safety protections for teen users. The move comes as OpenAI faces a string of lawsuits alleging that inappropriate conversations with ChatGPT contributed to the harm or deaths of young people. The experience will bring together new tools...Read More
Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day OAKLAND, Calif. – The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, said in court on Tuesday that a feature introduced in 2021 to try to help teens regulate their time on the app had lower uptake than he had hoped...Read More
Updated August 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a...Read More
