Eight States Sue OpenAI, Claiming ChatGPT Harms Children October 15, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A bipartisan group of eight states said on Wednesday they had sued OpenAI in courts across the country over harms...
Florida Asks Court to Bar OpenAI From Developing New Models Without Oversight September 29, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Florida’s attorney general asked a judge on Monday to bar OpenAI from developing new artificial intelligence models without outside oversight...
TikTok Reaches First State Settlement Over Teen Safety Claims, Agrees to User Limits September 28, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Alabama said on Friday it had reached a settlement with TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, that requires the...
First US Trial Against TikTok to Test Claims Platform Fueled Teen Mental Health Crisis September 25, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones An Alabama jury will hear the state’s claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive...
Arizona Accuses L’Oreal of Concealing Cancer Risks Linked to Hair Relaxers September 14, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Arizona has sued L’Oreal SA and its U.S. subsidiary, alleging the cosmetics company hid evidence that its hair relaxer products...
Teen Drops Lawsuit Against Meta, Google and Snap Ahead of Trial August 21, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A teen girl whose lawsuit was a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of deliberately addicting young people...
Zuckerberg Did Not Make Child Safety a Priority at Meta, Former Engineer Testifies August 20, 2026 By Kenrick Cai, Diana Novak Jones and Jonathan Stempel A former engineering director at Meta Platforms testified on Wednesday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was responsible for a culture that...
Appeals Court: Social Media Companies Must Face Thousands of Addiction Lawsuits August 11, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, ByteDance’s TikTok,...
Florida Teen Suing Meta Over Mental Health Harm Drops Claims Days Before Trial July 24, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A Florida teen dropped his lawsuit on Wednesday against Meta Platforms META.O, canceling a Los Angeles trial over claims the...
Meta Says States Seek $1.4 Trillion in Penalties in August Youth Safety Trial July 7, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Meta Platforms said in a court filing on July 6 that four states were seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties over...