That protection is finally starting to weaken, thanks to a growing realization that social media is also a matter of public health. Seen this way, social media appears as something less newfangled and ...
Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has ...
Tal Hagin, an open-source intelligence analyst based in Israel, compiles misinformation and shares his findings on X daily. He said he’s seen people recycling footage of Iranian missile strikes in ...
In December 2025, Australia became the first country to bar anyone under 16 from keeping or making social media accounts. The penalty for companies violating the law is a fine of up to $49.5 million ...
Our leader arguing that banning teenagers from using social media does more harm than good and the accompanying briefing touched off a lively debate among readers. Here is a selection of their letters ...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questioning in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday about Instagram's under-13 users and Meta's efforts to boost engagement, as a trial examines whether the company ...
The Meta CEO stuck to a playbook of repetitive answers and buzzwords in a landmark trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Specifically, Zuckerberg was on hand to answer questions as to whether Meta ...
LOS ANGELES — In his first time testifying about child safety in front of a jury, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company does not seek to make Instagram addictive to younger users, pushing back ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta's platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Meta's CEO is expected to answer ...
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled Wednesday about whether his company intentionally designed Instagram to be addictive, in front of the young woman accusing Meta and YouTube of hooking her as a ...
A set of bellwether cases alleging that social media platforms harmed teens’ safety and mental health is going to trial this year, putting executives like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the stand to ...