Mason Bogard was like any other teenager. He loved hiking, practicing his drums, and making jokes with his friends. He focused on getting good grades at his high school in ...
A fiery congressional discussion on social media and child safety has reignited national debate over whether Big Tech ...
A historic ruling finding Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and YouTube parent Google liable for fueling teen social media addiction could open the floodgates for an unprecedented legal crackdown on Big Tech, ...
We continue our conversation with attorney Laura Marquez-Garrett and victim advocates Lori Schott and Lennon Torres about their fight to hold tech giants accountable for the damaging and even deadly ...
Social media features such as infinite scroll and personalised feeds can drive compulsive use. Experts argue that Big Tech ...
The tenacious families of social media victims celebrated the landmark verdict Wednesday that determined Meta and Google design their platforms to be addictive — but insisted that the “war is not over ...
TL;DR: A US court held Meta and Google liable for mental health harm caused to a young user, focusing on addictive design features like infinite scrolling and autoplay. The ruling awarded $6 million ...
Today, a closely watched 'bellwether trial' has kicked off in Los Angeles against some of the world's largest social media firms, including Meta, ByteDance and Google.