Perplexity AI Machine Accused of Sharing Data With Meta, Google April 1, 2026 By Robert Burnson Perplexity AI was accused in a lawsuit of surreptitiously sharing the personal information of its users with Meta Platforms and...
Jury Verdicts Against Meta, Google Tee up Fight Over Tech Liability Shield March 26, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S. from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over...
Meta, Google Found Liable in Social Media Addiction Case March 25, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg and Maia Spoto Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google were found liable and must pay damages to a 20-year-old woman who alleged...
Meta Ordered to Pay $375M in New Mexico Trial Over Child Exploitation, Safety Claims March 24, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta Platforms violated state law in a lawsuit brought by the state attorney...
Meta, Google Pivot in Addiction Trial to Accuser’s Home Life March 10, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg and Maia Spoto (Bloomberg Law) As Meta Platforms Inc. and Google start presenting their defense in a landmark trial over social media addiction, the companies...
Meta Loses Insurance for Defense in Major Social Media Addiction Litigation March 3, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson A Delaware judge has ruled insurers do not have a duty to defend Meta Platforms in the thousands of lawsuits...
Meta Survey Found 19% of Young Teens on Instagram Report Unwanted Nude Images February 23, 2026 By Courtney Rozen Nearly one-in-five users aged 13 to 15 told Meta that they saw “nudity or sexual images on Instagram” that they...
Instagram, YouTube Called Addiction ‘Machines’ at Landmark Trial February 10, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg A 20-year-old woman who claims she’s been addicted to social media for more than a decade made a brief appearance...
Instagram, YouTube Addiction Trial Kicks Off in Los Angeles February 9, 2026 By Jody Godoy A California state court case over whether Instagram and YouTube harmed a woman’s mental health through addictive app design kicks...
Meta, TikTok, YouTube to Stand Trial on Youth Addiction Claims January 26, 2026 By Courtney Rozen Meta Platforms, TikTok and YouTube will face courtroom scrutiny this week over allegations that their platforms are fueling a youth...