Big Tech spends metric tons of lobby money.  On just about everyone in D.C.  To ensure that no one in D.C. does anything Big ...

TL;DR: A US court held Meta and Google liable for mental health harm caused to a young user, focusing on addictive design features like infinite scrolling and autoplay. The ruling awarded $6 million ...

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The Greens have today introduced a new bill to introduce a Digital Duty of Care and force social media companies to make their algorithmic feeds an opt-in user choice, taking aim at the toxic ...

It’s among the first successful lawsuits in the nation making social media sites liable for mental health outcomes. While this lawsuit could open the door to further litigation and regulation, the ...

Big Tech spends metric tons of lobby money. On just about everyone in D.C. to ensure that no one in D.C. does anything Big ...

A Southern California jury found YouTube and Meta liable for harming a young user’s mental health in a landmark social media addiction case that Gov. Gavin Newsom said should make the U.S.

A Los Angeles jury found Wednesday that Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube harmed a young user with features designed to ...

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox defended free speech against government overreach during the Cambridge Disinformation Summit in England ...

A California Jury recently found Meta (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp), and Alphabet (parent company of ...

Efforts to rein in the negative aspects of kids online could usher in a new era of censorship, without helping kids ...