Meta’s US concessions offer EU leverage in Digital Services Act cases
August 27, 2026
| Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter
Meta Platforms’ settlement of US lawsuits this week could pressure the European Commission to secure commitments in ongoing EU proceedings over youth safety and addictive design. The settlement becomes powerfu... (more story)
Key financial reforms on the line as EU enters packed fall negotiating season
August 27, 2026
| Fanny Roux
EU institutions are racing to finalize major financial reforms by year-end — including market integration, securitization, pensions and the digital euro — while new proposals to boost the EU capital markets ar... (more story)
Meta struggled to overcome damning testimony before record US settlement
August 26, 2026
| Mike Swift and Maria Dinzeo
US state attorneys general said Wednesday that the coalition they built in their addictive-design cases against Meta Platforms, and the states' strong performance in the first federal bellwether trial that beg... (more story)
Meta settlement marks latest state success, independent of US government
August 26, 2026
| Alex Wilts, Khushita Vasant, Madeline Hughes, Curtis Eichelberger, Mike Swift
Meta Platforms’ settlement with US state attorneys general for up to $17.1 billion over alleged addictive social media algorithms is the latest sign that states are asserting themselves across industries to cu... (more story)
AI chatbots offer next front for US state AGs following Meta settlement
August 26, 2026
| Emma Whitford and Amy Miller
Artificial intelligence companies developing chatbots will likely face mounting pressure from US state attorneys general following an historic settlement Wednesday between Meta Platforms and 52 AGs over claims... (more story)
Meta's $17bn settlement with US states puts TikTok, Snap, YouTube on notice
August 26, 2026
| Mike Swift and Maria Dinzeo
The record $17.1 billion settlement US states reached with Meta Platforms is designed to reach far beyond the company itself, with state attorneys general seeking to use the deal as a blueprint for imposing si... (more story)
US states celebrate changes to Meta's features through settlement
August 26, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
Teens will no longer be able to endlessly scroll on Meta Platforms' Instagram and Facebook, as the company must implement daily limits and pauses on its apps as part of a $17.1 billion settlement with attorney... (more story)
US ruling clouds future of EU-US data transfers
August 26, 2026
| Matthew Newman
Six years after the EU's highest court struck down the legal framework that allowed the free flow of personal data between the EU and the US, the US Supreme Court's ruling on the independence of the Federal Tr... (more story)