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Meta Platforms faces pivotal trial as opening statements begin

  • Aug 18
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Zuckerberg's yacht did not hear call for maritime assist: spokesperson

  • Aug 10
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Court orders Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online

  • Aug 7
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Nolan Wells' mother subpoenas social media companies seeking answers in son's death

  • Jul 29

Teen safety updates coming to Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

  • Jun 2

Meta to cut 8,000 jobs, 10% of staff as it pours billions into AI

  • Apr 24

Facebook should nix accounts that defraud, DA says

  • Apr 10

Jury awards $6 million in damages in landmark social media trial

  • Mar 26

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  • Aug 7
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LA jury decides YouTube, Meta should pay $6 million in damages in landmark trial

  • Mar 26
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Jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent for designing apps that harmed kids and teens

  • Mar 25
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Jury awards $3 million in damages in landmark social media trial

  • Mar 25
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20-year-old plaintiff testifies she became addicted to social media as early as 6 in landmark trial

  • Feb 27
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Head of Instagram takes the stand in landmark social media trial

  • Feb 12

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20-year-old plaintiff testifies she became addicted to social media as early as 6 in landmark trial

The woman - identified in court as KGM - is the key plaintiff in the case, which alleges she began using social media as young as age 6 and became dependent on the apps.

  • Feb 27

Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media

Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta's Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social media platforms.

  • Feb 12
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Social media 'addicting the brains of children,' plaintiff's lawyer argues in landmark trial

The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms.

  • Feb 10

Bay Area software rep. lost $176K of savings after accepting remote job she thought to be with FB

When her so-called mentor suggested she sell her car and all her physical belongings at a pawn shop to try and 'unfreeze' her account, Dawn Furseth realized she had been scammed.

  • Jan 22

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16, officials said.

  • Jan 16