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French Families Sue TikTok Over Teen Suicides They Say Are Linked to Harmful Content

In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the bedroom where she died by suicide. “I went from light to darkness in a fraction of a second,” Mistre said, …

Damages Upheld for Man Whose Ex-Girlfriend Shared Nude Photo Without Permission

A Massachusetts man who sued his ex-girlfriend over her sharing an unflattering nude photo of him and accessing his personal online accounts without permission has had his $10,280 court award upheld. In December 2023, a Bristol County trial judge entered …

Meta’s Zuckerberg Not Liable in Lawsuits Over Social Media Harm to Children

A federal judge said Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California rejected accusations on Thursday that Zuckerberg …

Update: TikTok Sued by Families in France After Children’s Suicides

TikTok was sued by a group of seven French families who blame the social network app for harming the mental health of their children, driving two of them to suicide. The families, grouped in the association Algos Victima, filed their …

AI Chatbot Pushed Florida Teen to Suicide, Lawsuit Against Its Creator Alleges

In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone and messaged the chatbot that had become his closest friend. For months, Sewell had become increasingly isolated from his real life as …

Meta Must Face Massachusetts Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by Massachusetts alleging the social media company purposely deployed features on its Instagram platform to addict young users and deceived the public about the dangers it posed to the mental health of teenagers, a …

Meta Must Face State Lawsuits Over Teen Social Media Addiction

Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of fueling mental health problems among teens by making its Facebook and Instagram platforms addictive, a federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday. Oakland-based U.S. District Judge Yvonne …

Musk Calls Australian Government ‘Fascists’ Over Misinformation Law

Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday [Sept. 13] called Australia’s center-left government “fascists” over proposed legislation to slap fines on social media firms for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online. Australia’s Labor government on …

TikTok Must Face Lawsuit Over 10-Year-Old Girl’s Death, Appeals Court Rules

A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after taking part in a viral “blackout challenge” in which users of the social media platform were dared to choke themselves …

New Hampshire Sues TikTok Alleging Consumer Protection Violations, Harm to Kids

New Hampshire is suing social media video service TikTok Inc. for allegedly violating the state’s consumer protection act, Attorney General John M. Formella announced. The state’s complaint against TikTok filed in Superior Court in Merrimack alleges that the company has …