Judge Won’t Block Meta From Laying Off Workers Who Filed AI Discrimination Suit July 20, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. judge on July 17 rejected a bid by 26 employees of Meta Platforms to block the tech giant...
Meta Used AI to Target Workers With Medical Conditions for Layoffs, Lawsuit Claims July 14, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms have filed a lawsuit against the tech company, accusing it of using AI-powered software...
Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center to 5 Gigawatts, Investment Crosses $50B July 13, 2026 Meta META.O said on Monday its data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, will expand to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity,...
Court Orders Ohio Restrictions on Kids’ Use of Social Media Restored June 22, 2026 By Julie Carr Smyth Ohio’s law requiring children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps must be restored, a divided...
Meta Lobbies Congress for Protection From Child-Harm Lawsuits: Reuters June 19, 2026 By Jody Godoy Meta Platforms has lobbied the U.S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to social media products such as...
WhatsApp, Meta Can Access Texans’ Private Messages, Lawsuit Claims May 28, 2026 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton added WhatsApp to the growing list of companies he has accused of violating Texans’ data...
US Supreme Court Denies Meta’s Challenge to Vermont Social Media Addiction Lawsuit May 26, 2026 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a bid by Meta Platforms to avoid a lawsuit brought by...
California County Suing Meta Over Scam Ads May 11, 2026 By Jeff Horwitz California’s Santa Clara County has sued Meta Platforms, alleging it has profited from Facebook and Instagram ads promoting scams in...
New Mexico Seeks Changes to Meta Platforms in Youth Harm Trial May 4, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A trial is slated to begin in New Mexico on Monday that will test the state’s claims that Meta’s Facebook,...
Iowa AG Sues Meta Over Alleged Deceptive Practices on Instagram April 10, 2026 Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has filed a lawsuit against Meta and several of its subsidiaries, including Instagram...