Snap, YouTube Settle School-Social Media Suit Ahead of Trial May 18, 2026 By Alexandra S. Levine and Madlin Mekelburg Google’s YouTube and Snap Inc. reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims that addiction to...
Meta Challenges UK Regulator Over Online Safety Fees, Fines May 8, 2026 By Sam Tobin Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is challenging Britain’s media regulator Ofcom over how fees and penalties under the Online Safety...
Meta Asks California Judge to Throw out Landmark Social Media Addiction Verdict May 7, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Meta Platforms has asked a Los Angeles judge to throw out a jury’s verdict finding the company liable for a...
New Mexico Seeks $3.7B, Changes to Meta Platforms in Youth Harm Trial May 5, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones The U.S. state of New Mexico on Monday asked a judge to declare Meta Platforms a public nuisance, order the...
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...
Elon Musk, SEC in Talks to Settle Suit Over 2022 Twitter Disclosures March 18, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel and Chris Prentice Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are in talks to settle the regulator’s lawsuit accusing the world’s...
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...
Google Gemini Accused of Coaching Florida Man to Suicide March 6, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg, Rachel Metz and Carmen Arroyo Google is facing a lawsuit from the family of a 36-year-old Florida man who allegedly considered carrying out a “mass...