Judge orders Meta to pay over $900 million for failing to protect kids on social media

Meta has been ordered to pay over $900 million in the New Mexico case. Bloomberg/Getty Images Meta was ordered to pay a total of $942 million over harm caused to children on its platforms. A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay $567 million, mostly for treatment services. A jury previously found the compan

AI’s biases Typical social media AI-based moderating systems use machine learning classifiers to analyze posts and identify and flag content that breaks platform rules. But it’s difficult for a machine to understand the nuances of sarcasm, satire, and slang. Further, some research (examples here, here, and here) sugges

Mr. Kejriwal also shared a screenshot of his account status page showing the message, "Unavailable in some locations".

The bipartisan bill would require social media platforms to exercise reasonable care to avoid harming minors, but faces a House standoff over a key provision

The Kids Online Safety Act, a measure aimed at protecting children on social media, advanced to the Senate floor after it stalled in the last Congress.

"Dispassionate adjudication is being auctioned on the alter of 'likes'... Guilt manufactured online brands the acquitting judge as having erred for being fair," Justice Joymalya Bagchi said.

A corresponding author told Newsweek that delaying social media use until around ages 13 to 14 may help protect learning outcomes.

National needs Labour's votes to pass its social media ban, but the two parties can't even agree on who showed up to read it.