Meta Settlement Opens New Front in Global Fight Over Social Media Harm August 28, 2026 By Byron Kaye, Karen Lema and Toby Sterling Meta’s move to restrict teenagers’ use of social media in the U.S. shows companies have tools to better protect young...
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...
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...
EU to Escalate Meta Probe Into Addictive Design That Hooks Kids June 24, 2026 By Gian Volpicelli and Samuel Stolton The European Union is set to ramp up an investigation into Meta Platforms Inc. that alleges its products are addictive...
Italy Court Allows Class Action Against Meta Over Facebook Data Scraping April 15, 2026 A Milan court on Tuesday accepted a class action brought by a consumer group against Meta Platforms over the theft...
Meta Loses Insurance for Defense in Major Social Media Addiction Litigation March 3, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson A Delaware judge has ruled insurers do not have a duty to defend Meta Platforms in the thousands of lawsuits...
New Mexico Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Failing to Protect Children February 11, 2026 By Morgan Lee Meta has failed to disclose what it knows about the harmful effect of its platforms on children in violation of...
‘Massive Legal Siege’ Against Social Media Companies Looms October 21, 2025 By Olivia Carville Thousands of plaintiffs’ complaints, millions of pages of internal documents and transcripts of countless hours of depositions are about to...
US Supreme Court Rebuffs Meta Bid to Avoid Advertisers’ Lawsuit January 14, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Meta Platforms to avoid a multi-billion dollar class...
Meta Settles With Australia’s Privacy Watchdog Over Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit December 17, 2024 Meta Platforms has agreed to a A$50 million settlement ($31.85 million), Australia’s privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, closing long-drawn, expensive...