Meta Agrees to Pay Up to $18 Billion Over Social Media Claims August 26, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg Meta Platforms Inc. said it agreed to pay up to $18 billion in landmark settlements to resolve allegations from multiple...
Ex-Meta Staffer Says 99% of Teens Shunned Early Safety Tool August 26, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg A former data scientist at Meta Platforms Inc. testified that less than 1% of teenagers were early adopters of a...
Meta, States Have Discussed Settling Teen Social Media Case August 25, 2026 By Olivia Carville and Madlin Mekelburg Meta Platforms Inc. and state attorneys general have discussed a possible mid-trial settlement of a blockbuster case accusing the company...
Meta Stares Down Trillion-Dollar Threat as Landmark Social Media Trial Begins August 18, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg Meta Platforms Inc. is headed to court Tuesday for a high-stakes showdown with a coalition of state attorneys general over...
Tesla Sued After Woman Killed by Car Crashing Into Her House June 24, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg Tesla Inc. was sued by the family of a 76-year-old woman who was killed after a Model 3 sedan allegedly...
Capital Factory CEO Killed in Private-Jet Crash in Texas June 18, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg and Kara Carlson Joshua Baer, the founder and chief executive officer of the venture capital firm Capital Factory, died Tuesday in a plane...
Florida Sues OpenAI, Sam Altman Over Chatbot Safety Concerns June 2, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg The state of Florida sued OpenAI and Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, accusing the artificial intelligence company of ignoring safety...
Snap, YouTube, TikTok Settle School Suit Targeting Social Media May 18, 2026 By Alexandra S. Levine and Madlin Mekelburg Snap Inc., Google’s YouTube and ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims...
Google Gemini Accused of Coaching Florida Man to Suicide March 4, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg, Rachel Metz and Carmen Arroyo Google is facing a lawsuit from the family of a 36-year-old Florida man who allegedly considered carrying out a “mass...
Vanguard Settles Collusion Suit for $29.5 Million February 27, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg and Julie Fine Texas said Vanguard Group Inc. agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a...