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Jury in Calif. social media trial to grapple with adolescent thinking, expression
The jury in the ongoing trial in Los Angeles over social media addiction must answer a key question: If Kaley, the 20-year-old plaintiff who sued Meta Platforms and... (more story)
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Philippine digital platform study urges privacy integration into competition law
A market study by the Philippine Competition Commission recommends integrating data privacy considerations into the Philippine Competition Act and strengthening coo... (more story)
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US DOJ's Assefi vows to reject 'half-measures,' wants more civil antitrust cases
Omeed Assefi, who took over as the acting chief at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division for a second time, and in an address to staff on Tuesday sought to d... (more story)
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A New Mexico jury deciding whether Meta Platforms built its apps in ways that harmed children queried Instagram chief Adam Mosseri on Wednesday about the company’s recommendation algorithms and internal messag... (more story)
A 12-person jury has heard evidence from all parties in the trial over social media addiction in a lawsuit brought by a 20-year-old woman against Meta Platforms and YouTube. Closing arguments are expected to b... (more story)
Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s has been “very successful,” the country’s online safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant told UK lawmakers, as Britain considers similar restrictions under a governm... (more story)
Online platforms are facing an increased risk of losing the EU legal basis to continue voluntarily detecting and reporting online child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, after plans to extend temporary rules wer... (more story)
China’s top court is pressing ahead with new guidelines on data-rights protection, according to a senior judge, underscoring the growing urgency for legal clarity as disputes rise alongside the commercial use ... (more story)
China’s top judicial authorities intensified a crackdown on emerging forms of cybercrime last year, targeting offenses enabled by artificial intelligence and online platforms as Beijing tightens oversight of t... (more story)
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri spent a full day on the witness stand Tuesday during the New Mexico attorney general's trial over harm to minors on the platform, discussing the controls Meta Platforms has added t... (more story)
The plaintiff who sued Meta Platforms and Google over social media addiction claims an expert hired by the defendants violated professional ethics for psychiatrists during an evaluation by asking questions in ... (more story)
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The jury in the ongoing trial in Los Angeles over social media addiction must answer a key question: If Kaley, the 20-year-old plaintiff who sued Meta Platforms and YouTube, exaggerated mistreatment by her fam... (more story)
Testimony from New Mexico educators about the disruptive effects of social media in schools is offering an early look at the evidence a Kentucky school district hopes to present in a closely watched federal tr... (more story)
Halfway through the first bellwether trial over whether Meta and YouTube deliberately designed their services to hook children, Meta appears particularly vulnerable to a jury finding that Instagram contributed... (more story)
A new executive order from the White House says the US will take a hard line with “transnational criminal organizations” that launch ransomware and other cyberattacks. The order from President Donald Trump ins... (more story)
A New Mexico jury has heard only from current Meta Platform executives through taped depositions, as the state is expected to rest its case after hearing from its final live witness on Wednesday.
US House Republicans in the Energy and Commerce Committee have unveiled the largest package of child online safety bills after parents and activists have pressured members relentlessly in the midst of an awake... (more story)
Another porn-hosting platform received a fine from the UK online safety regulator this week for inadequate age assurance. But as the number of fines grows, there is scant information about whether they are pai... (more story)
Juries in Los Angeles and New Mexico will have to parse two very different views of Meta Platforms that they have heard during the first three weeks of parallel social media trials. Is the culture of “move fas... (more story)