New California law could change how kids consume social media forever

The proposals, AB 1709 and AB 2, cleared the State Senate Appropriations Committee this week and could reach Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk before the legislative session ends Aug. 31.

Four state attorneys general are seeking up to $1.4 trillion in penalties and changes to how Meta operates its platforms

Less than two weeks after a loss in New Mexico, Meta faces a much bigger legal test in a case being co-led by California's attorney general.

Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California.

Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California

Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California

The former nurse has admitted to killing her three young children

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday sounded the alarm on the negative effects of some social media content on children, particularly on their critical judgment and overall development. Marcos raised this concern during the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (Focap) Presi

Ivan Cruickshank, executive director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), is calling for a wide-ranging educational campaign on social media use targeting young people as the Government considers regulating these online platforms for minors. “We need to have broader campaigns around helping young p

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has attacked OpenAI and Anthropic, saying that thier controlled approach to AI amounts to "abandoning our values" in American tech. His 6,500-word essay "The Future is for Everyone" calls Anthropic's alignment thinking flawed and argues that labs hoarding frontier models pose the real danger, a

Jury selection began Wednesday in a new trial over claims that Meta designed its apps to be addictive for young users.

While giving his all to his The Social Reckoning portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeremy Strong reached out to the Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder. The Oscar nominee recently revealed that he emailed Zuckerberg to assure him he takes the “responsibility very seriously,” noting that the tech mogul responded. Strong would

"I know that he is a reviled person and not a popular person in our culture, but I do not think you should have an actor playing him who wants to set out to condemn him," the 'Succession' star told GQ.

Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Reckoning." Sony "The Social Reckoning" tells the story of Frances Haugen, a Facebook engineer turned whistleblower. The movie is written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, and is a companion piece to "The Social Network." The movie opens in theaters on October 9. Sixteen ye

Meta is on trial for fomenting "FOMO," among other things. It sounds silly, but the playbook used here could work against religious groups, fast food, and much more.

Meta faces a high-stakes trial in California over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were deliberately designed to keep minors hooked. A coalition of U.S. states is seeking sweeping changes to the platforms and potentially up to $1.4 trillion in penalties.

Jeremy Strong graces the latest cover of GQ magazine (and the first issue published under new global editorial director Adam Baidawi), in which he speaks out for the first time on taking over the role of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Jesse Eisenberg played the controversial tech titan in “The Social Network” and scored

Meta, 29 states head to court in biggest test yet of youth social media litigation  Reuters

Aug 12 : Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, a case that could expose the company to massive damages and force it to make sweeping changes to its platforms

Facebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg argues that artificial intelligence should be open source to improve accessibility. CNET reporter Katelyn Chedraoui has more on what the philosophy of open source technology means in the AI era.