Social Media
‘Blood in the water’: Why Meta’s $18 billion settlement won’t end company’s legal woes
Meta’s legal troubles are far from over, despite the company’s decision to pay up to $18 billion to make lawsuits from state attorneys general go away.
Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies at trial
A former engineering director at Meta Platforms testified on Wednesday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta settles social media addiction case brought by rural Kentucky school district
Social media companies including Meta have settled the first of many lawsuits brought by hundreds of school districts seeking compensation for costs they say they incurred dealing with harms to children’s mental health from social media addiction