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 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...
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...
Appeals Court: Social Media Companies Must Face Thousands of Addiction Lawsuits August 11, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, ByteDance’s TikTok,...
Meta Says States Seek $1.4 Trillion in Penalties in August Youth Safety Trial July 7, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Meta Platforms said in a court filing on July 6 that four states were seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties over...
Meta Loses Bid to Dismiss States’ Claims That Facebook, Instagram Addict Children June 30, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge rejected Meta Platforms’ bid to dismiss a lawsuit by 29 U.S. state attorneys general accusing it of...
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...
TikTok Must Face Massachusetts Lawsuit Alleging It Harms Young Users May 11, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson A Massachusetts trial court judge has denied TikTok’s bid to dismiss the lawsuit against it by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...