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Social media companies to pay $27M to settle Kentucky school district lawsuit
A Kentucky school district secured roughly $27 million in settlements from Meta Platforms and other social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis.
Meta settles first US case over school costs tied to youth mental health
Meta reached a settlement in the first case set for trial seeking to make social media companies cover the costs that school districts say they have incurred to combat a mental health crisis.
YouTube, Snap, TikTok settle school district’s social media addiction claims
Alphabet's YouTube, Snap and TikTok have reached settlements in the first case set for trial in litigation involving social media addiction claims.
Meta asks California judge to throw out landmark social media addiction verdict
Meta Platforms asked a Los Angeles judge to overturn a jury verdict holding it liable for a woman’s depression in a landmark social media addiction trial.
Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training
Major publishers allege in federal court that Meta Platforms misused their books and journal articles to train its artificial intelligence model Llama.
New Mexico seeks changes to Meta platforms in youth harm trial
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez seeks platform changes and damages from Meta over alleged youth mental health harms.
Federal jury finds Meta and Google liable in social media addiction trial
A Los Angeles jury found Alphabet's Google and Meta liable for $3 million in damages in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit that will influence thousands of similar cases against the tech companies.
Meta ordered to pay $375M in NM trial over child exploitation, user safety claims
A New Mexico jury found Meta violated state law in a lawsuit alleging it misled users about the safety of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and it enabled child sexual exploitation on those platforms.
US settles social media censorship case, bars agencies from threatening penalties
The Trump administration has agreed to a settlement that will bar three federal agencies from pressuring social media companies to remove or suppress speech.
Homeland Security use of secretive legal weapon draws congressional scrutiny
Congressional Democrats launched an inquiry into how tech giants handle demands from Homeland Security for personal information on Americans who criticize the agency.
Zuckerberg says Meta no longer designs apps to maximize screentime
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in Los Angeles trial denying current efforts to maximize app screen time amid youth mental health lawsuit.
Tiktok settles social media addiction lawsuit ahead of trial
Tiktok agreed to settle a social media addiction lawsuit on Tuesday, according to one of the plaintiff's lawyers.
