Brazil Seeks $97 Million From App Discord Over User Protections August 27, 2026 By Daniel Carvalho Brazil’s government is seeking 500 million reais ($97.1 million) in damages from chat app Discord Inc. in a local lawsuit,...
Meta Agrees to Pay Up to $16.7 Billion in Social Media Case August 26, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion to settle a landmark social media case with multiple...
TikTok to Pay $400 Million to Settle DOJ Child Privacy Case August 24, 2026 By Josh Sisco and Alexandra S. Levine TikTok Inc. and Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. agreed to pay $400 million to resolve a a Biden-era lawsuit by the...
Meta, 29 States Head to Court in Biggest Test Yet of Youth Social Media Litigation August 12, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over...
Appeals Court Allows Thousands of Social Media Suits Over User Addiction Claims to Proceed August 10, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, ByteDance’s TikTok,...
Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million In New Mexico for Teen Mental Health Fund August 7, 2026 By Andrew Hay, Dietrich Knauth and Diana Novak Jones A New Mexico state court ordered Meta on Thursday to pay $567 million into a teen mental health fund and...
TikTok Finalizing Trio of Settlements in Addiction Litigation August 4, 2026 By Olivia Carville and Alexandra S. Levine TikTok is finalizing agreements to settle three upcoming trials related to allegations that its video product is addictive and harmful...
Instagram, Facebook Ran AI ‘Nudify’ Ads from China, NGO Says July 29, 2026 By Newley Purnell The advertising partner has reportedly been responsible in recent months for 7,600 ads for mobile apps that can transpose women's...
Musk’s X, Major Labels End Dispute Over Music on Social-Media Platform July 17, 2026 By Blake Brittain A group of major music publishers including Universal Music Group and Sony Music have agreed to end a legal dispute...
Meta Says States Seeking $1.4 Trillion in Penalties in August Youth Safety Trial July 7, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Meta Platforms said in a court filing on Monday that four states were seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties over accusations...