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
Chroming can cause many kinds of short and long-term harm to the body, especially in children. However, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, even one instance of inhalant abuse can cause “sudden sniffing death syndrome.” The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that other side effects children and teens may experience after chroming include:...Read More
Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Snap (SNAP) is back in focus after fresh legal and regulatory actions tied to child safety, including a European Commission probe and a U.S. jury finding major social platforms negligent in product design affecting...Read More
SAN ANTONIO – The Federal Trade Commission issued a 129-page study showing how media companies are failing to protect teenagers from targeted advertising and online dangers. The report examined nine social media companies and video streaming services to assess how they used users’ information. It found that the companies were engaged in extensive surveillance of...Read More
article Signage outside Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. released earnings figures on February 1. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images SANTA FE, N.M. – A New Mexico jury ruled Tuesday that social media giant Meta harms children’s mental health and violates state consumer protection...Read More
‘Cocktail of chemicals’ Czechia’s energy drinks market and consumption has been booming for years, a fast-growing popularity that has sparked concerns and repeated warnings from health experts in Czechia and across Europe. “The evidence is clear that energy drinks are harmful to the mental and physical health of children and young people as well as...Read More
A California jury found Meta Platforms and Google‑owned YouTube liable in a first‑of‑its‑kind lawsuit that sought to hold social media companies responsible for harm to children using their platforms, awarding the plaintiff $3 million in damages. After more than 40 hours of deliberations across nine days, jurors concluded that both companies were negligent in the...Read More
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Google is currently fighting two separate lawsuits that make ugly allegations about its AI efforts. Together, the suits allege that Google has provided immense support to a startup called Character.AI, which recklessly deployed chatbots that sexually and emotionally...Read More
Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms and enabled the sexual exploitation of young users, a New Mexico jury found on Tuesday, one of the first major child safety trial losses for the social media giant. The state’s attorney general, Raúl Torrez, sued Meta in 2023, accusing it of misleading consumers about the...Read More
The TikTok Blackout Challenge, also known as the “choking game” or “pass-out challenge,” is a highly dangerous trend that involves cutting off oxygen to the brain to induce a brief, euphoric sensation. Participants often choke themselves or have someone else apply pressure to their necks. While this might sound shocking, it’s precisely this sense of...Read More
