Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction, Filing Says March 14, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Employees at Meta Platforms Inc. and ByteDance Inc. were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children...
Meta Loses Bid to Toss $175M Verdict in Streaming Patent Case February 23, 2023 By Blake Brittain A federal judge in Austin, Texas on Tuesday rejected a request by Meta Platforms Inc’s to throw out a $175...
Google Case at Supreme Court Risks Upending the Internet as We Know It February 16, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum An upcoming Supreme Court case could answer one of the toughest questions of the internet age: Should online companies be...
Meta’s WhatsApp Fined 5.5M Euro by Lead EU Privacy Regulator January 19, 2023 By Padraic Halpin Meta’s WhatsApp subsidiary was fined 5.5 million euros ($5.95 million) on Thursday by Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), its lead...
Facebook Parent Meta to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725M December 27, 2022 By Nate Raymond Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media...
Meta Battles FTC Over Future of Virtual Reality December 9, 2022 By Katie Paul and Diane Bartz The Biden administration on Thursday accused Meta Platforms Inc. of trying to buy its way to dominance in the metaverse,...
Meta Must Pay $10.5M in Legal Fees to Washington October 31, 2022 Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly...
Meta Could Face Hefty Fine as EU Probe Into Massive Data Leak Draws to Close October 5, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni Meta Platforms Inc. could face a hefty fine as a probe by a key European Union privacy watchdog into the...
Social Media Company Liability Draws US Supreme Court Scrutiny October 3, 2022 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court will decide whether social media companies can be sued over targeted content recommendations, agreeing to hear...
U.S. States Ask Appeals Court to Reinstate Facebook Lawsuit September 20, 2022 By Diane Bartz A big group of U.S. states, led by New York, argued to an appeals court Monday that it should reinstate...