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...
Analysis: Meta’s Social Media Settlement Leaves Its Money Machine Unscathed August 28, 2026 Meta Platforms emerged from its biggest legal challenge in the U.S. with its core business intact. The social media giant...
Meta to Pay Texas $1 Billon in Child Safety Case August 26, 2026 By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune Social media giant Meta will pay over $1 billion to Texas and implement sweeping protections for children as part of...
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...
Legal & General Says Meta Isn’t Doing Enough to Keep AI Clean August 26, 2026 By Alastair Marsh and Tim Quinson As the world’s hyperscalers throw vast sums of money into the infrastructure needed for AI, some of their investors are...
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 Ordered to Pay $567 Million In New Mexico for Teen Mental Health Fund August 7, 2026 By Andrew Hay and Dietrich Knauth A New Mexico state court ordered Meta on Thursday to pay $567 million into a teen mental health fund and...
Meta, BlackRock Plan to Invest in $14 Billion Data Center July 28, 2026 By Edwin Chan Meta Platforms Inc. and BlackRock Inc. plan to build a 1-gigawatt data center complex in Texas that will cost about...
Meta Employees’ Lawsuit Shows That if AI Fires You, Proving it Is the Hard Part July 23, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner A novel lawsuit claiming that Meta Platforms relied on discriminatory AI tools to select employees for layoffs highlights the problems...