When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives her State of the Union address in mid-September, the Brussels tech community will focus on her promised proposals to keep children safe. It’s the highest-profile tech dossier on her agenda, overshadowing both the bloc’s antitrust crackdown and artificial intelligence regulation. What von der Leyen will announce remains unclear. She could call for a...Read More
(The Center Square) – Child-safety measures for children and $246.9 million from a $17.1 billion settlement are coming to South 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
Virginia is set to receive at least $353 million from Meta Platforms Inc. under a major multistate settlement that would also require the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to adopt new safeguards aimed at protecting children from addictive features and harmful content. The agreement, announced Wednesday, could reach more than $17 billion nationwide, making...Read More
Pender County, NC – Carousel Child Advocacy Center honors the Pender County Health Department for its exceptional dedication to the safety and well-being of the children of Pender County. Rebecca Martin, representing Carousel Child Advocacy Center, presented the esteemed partnership plaque to Pender County Health Department Director Carolyn Moser, celebrating their remarkable efforts in child protection....Read More
Five days of testimony and millions of internal documents brought long-running questions about how social platforms protect their youngest users into sharper focus. Meta has agreed to pay $18 billion, or about £13.3 billion, to settle claims by U.S. states and territories over harm that Facebook and Instagram may have caused children. The settlement was...Read More
Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay Virginia at least $353 million and adopt new safeguards for young users under a proposed multistate settlement over allegations that its platforms harmed children. (Photo by Thomas Ulrich/Pixabay) VIRGINIA – Virginia is set to receive at least $353 million from Meta Platforms Inc. under a major multistate settlement that...Read More
OAKLAND, Calif. (TNND) — Meta is defending its record of protecting children and teenagers online as the technology giant faces a federal trial over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were deliberately designed to keep young people hooked despite risks to their mental health. Opening arguments kicked off on Tuesday in Oakland, where California, Colorado, Kentucky,...Read More
DPDP Act, 2023 And Rules 2025 — India Already Has The Stricter Statute It is worth being precise here: on paper, India’s children’s data regime is already more stringent than what Meta has agreed to in the US. Section 9 of the DPDP Act sets a bright-line rule: anyone under 18 is a “child,” with...Read More
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Virginia will receive $364 million as part of a nationwide settlement with Meta, resolving claims that the company hid the addictive design of its apps and misled the public about the risks to children, according to Attorney General Jay Jones. The investigation began in 2021 and now resolves claims from nearly...Read More
A landmark $17.1 billion mult-state settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.— considered to be the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s – has been announced by state attorneys general, who joined in a lawsuit about dangers to youth on social media platforms. West Virginia Attorney General JB...Read More
