How much do you know about TikTok? Maybe you’ve heard of it but haven’t used it. Or if you have used TikTok, you may think of it as an app for sharing videos of teens doing funny dances or cute pets doing tricks, which it is. But it is more than that. For starters, TikTok is...Read More
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $375 million for deceiving users about the safety of its children’s platforms. A jury found that Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was responsible for the way its platforms endangered children and exposed them to sexually explicit material and contact with sexual predators, reports the...Read More
The teenager on the other end of the phone struggles with social media, struggles with body shaming and feelings of inadequacy, struggles with depression and anxiety. Since age 10 or 11, when she first started dancing with a youth ballet company, she would pull up Instagram and fixate on other dancers—looking at their bodies, comparing...Read More
Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibilityJury orders Meta to pay $375 million in New Mexico child safety deception case Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:18:51 GMT (1774916331605) Gallery – News3 v1.0.0 (common) 13ed82853274a94e6d0176ba2c0f3eadf0661dd3 Fallback Presentation. Using deprecated PresentationRouter. Skip to main content ———————————————— Source linkRead More
It’s a little before 6 a.m. and still dark when Garcia gets home from work this October morning. The apartment where he lives with his aunt and uncle is silent. They’ve already left for their own jobs. After nine hours hosing down machinery at a food processing plant, Garcia is tired and hungry. But he...Read More
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 30, 2026, 15:05 PDT Snap Inc clawed back 2.5% on Monday, offering a modest rebound after last week’s steep drop. The Snapchat parent still hovers close to its 52-week low, with an EU child-safety investigation launched last week hanging over the stock. Shares changed hands at $4.02 late in the day,...Read More
US threatens TikTok ban: What’s the impact on influencers & content creators? | LiveNOW from FOX The Biden administration has demanded TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the app or face a possible ban, according to a report. The move, reported by The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter, is the...Read More
SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta culpable for failing to protect the state’s teenagers on the digital giant’s platforms and ordered the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to pay a $375 million penalty. The civil penalties were levied for violations of New Mexico’s consumer protection laws, The Albuquerque...Read More
Home / News / How social media’s toxic content sends teens into ‘a dangerous spiral’ October 8, 2021 – Eating disorders expert Bryn Austin, professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, discusses the recent revelation that Facebook has long known that its Instagram app is harming teens’ mental health. Q: Leaked documents from...Read More
A New Mexico jury has found Meta liable for misleading users about platform safety and exposing children to harm, marking the first successful state trial against a major tech company on such claims. The court imposed the maximum statutory penalty, totaling $375 million in civil fines. The verdict concludes a legal battle initiated by the...Read More
