Social Networks Face Big Tobacco Moment Over Addiction Claims February 9, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg and Maia Spoto Facebook, Google and other tech giants for more than a decade have rejected allegations that they build products deliberately to...
TikTok Charged for Breaching EU Rules With App’s Addictive Features February 9, 2026 By Foo Yun Chee TikTok was charged on Friday with breaching EU online content rules over what the bloc’s regulator said were its addictive...
Move to Ban Social Media for Kids Gains Traction Across Europe February 4, 2026 By Shona Ghosh and Daniel Basteiro European countries are taking their broadest swipe yet at social media, with a growing number weighing bans of the services...
EU Opens Probe Into X Over Grok’s Production of Sexualized Imagery, Lawmaker Says January 26, 2026 By Foo Yun Chee and Sam Tabahriti The European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok over the production of explicit imagery, Regina...
Factbox: Elon Musk’s Grok Faces Global Scrutiny for Sexualized AI Deepfakes January 13, 2026 Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia are cracking down on sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot...
German Minister Says EU Must Take Legal Steps to Stop Grok’s Sexualized AI Photos January 8, 2026 The EU Commission must take legal action to stop the “industrialization of sexual harassment” taking place on Elon Musk’s social...
Chatbot Grok Makes Sexual Images of Kids as Users Test AI Guardrails January 5, 2026 By Olivia Solon and Mark Bergen Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has created sexualized images of people including minors on the social media platform X...
Reddit Sues Australia Over Social Media Ban, Citing Free Speech Threat December 12, 2025 By Byron Kaye and Renju Jose Message board website Reddit on Friday filed a lawsuit in Australia’s highest court seeking to overturn the country’s social media...
World Watches First Teen Social Media Ban Start in Australia December 10, 2025 By Newley Purnell and Nasteho Said Australia’s social media ban for youths took effect Wednesday, a landmark move that’s drawn global attention at a time governments...
Massachusetts Court Hears Allegations Facebook Is Addictive to Young Users December 8, 2025 By Michael Casey Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram...