French Families Sue TikTok Over Teen Suicides They Say Are Linked to Harmful Content January 24, 2025 By Tom Nouvian In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the...
Damages Upheld for Man Whose Ex-Girlfriend Shared Nude Photo Without Permission January 17, 2025 A Massachusetts man who sued his ex-girlfriend over her sharing an unflattering nude photo of him and accessing his personal...
Meta’s Zuckerberg Not Liable in Lawsuits Over Social Media Harm to Children November 12, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge said Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of...
Update: TikTok Sued by Families in France After Children’s Suicides November 4, 2024 By Gaspard Sebag and Benoit Berthelot TikTok was sued by a group of seven French families who blame the social network app for harming the mental...
AI Chatbot Pushed Florida Teen to Suicide, Lawsuit Against Its Creator Alleges October 29, 2024 By Kate Payne In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone and messaged...
Meta Must Face Massachusetts Social Media Addiction Lawsuit October 21, 2024 By Nate Raymond Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by Massachusetts alleging the social media company purposely deployed features on its Instagram platform...
Meta Must Face State Lawsuits Over Teen Social Media Addiction October 16, 2024 By Brendan Pierson Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of fueling mental health problems among teens by...
Musk Calls Australian Government ‘Fascists’ Over Misinformation Law September 16, 2024 By Renju Jose Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday [Sept. 13] called Australia’s center-left government “fascists” over proposed legislation...
TikTok Must Face Lawsuit Over 10-Year-Old Girl’s Death, Appeals Court Rules August 28, 2024 By Nate Raymond A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after...
New Hampshire Sues TikTok Alleging Consumer Protection Violations, Harm to Kids June 27, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson New Hampshire is suing social media video service TikTok Inc. for allegedly violating the state’s consumer protection act, Attorney General...