Mother of Child Who Died in TikTok ‘Blackout Challenge’ Asks Court to Revive Lawsuit January 19, 2024 By Nate Raymond A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing...
Bipartisan Bill Would End Section 230 Immunity for Generative AI June 15, 2023 By Katie Paul Two U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow social media companies to be sued for spreading harmful material...
Supreme Court Turns Away Social Media Sex Trafficking Case May 31, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal from victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit Inc. knowingly facilitates and...
The Supreme Court Handed Google and Twitter a New Line of Defense May 19, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum The US Supreme Court handed social media companies a new line of defense as they face an increasing number of...
Supreme Court Leaves Intact Social Media Liability Shield in Win for Google, Twitter May 18, 2023 By Greg Stohr and Emily Birnbaum The US Supreme Court left in place a broad liability shield for social media companies for content posted by users,...
TikTok Found Not Liable in Death of Girl in Strangulation Challenge October 28, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Federal communications law shields the video-sharing site TikTok Inc. from responsibility for the death of a 10 year-old girl who...
Facebook Whistleblower Tells Congress ‘Time Is of Essence’ in Social Media Law Reform December 3, 2021 By Marcy Gordon Ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen implored lawmakers Wednesday to avert the usual congressional stalemates as they weigh proposals to...
Searching for Realistic Ideas That Could Help Tame Big Tech November 2, 2021 By Marcy Gordon Break up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies’ shield against liability in cases where the content they push...
Lawmakers Introduce Liability, Competition Bills Targeting Giant Internet Firms October 18, 2021 By Anna Edgerton and Rebecca Kern The biggest U.S. tech companies would face new constraints under two bills announced Thursday after a month of revelations from...
If Facebook Is the Problem, Is a Social Media Regulator the Fix? October 6, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford and Diane Bartz Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told Congress on Tuesday that one option for making social media less harmful would be to...