Meta and YouTube have each faced legal setbacks that could portend badly for the social media industry as a whole. The first saw Meta lose $381 million lawsuit over child exploitation and…
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US jury finds Meta, Alphabet liable in landmark social media addiction case | Social Media News– www.aljazeera.com
Blurb: A California jury found Alphabet’s Google and Meta liable for $3m in damages in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit that accused the companies of being legally responsible for the addictive…
Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $6 million in social media addiction trial – NPR
Blurb: Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $6 million in social media addiction trial NPR from news.google.com
Meta, Google risk Big Tobacco-like fallout after addiction trial verdict | Tech News– www.business-standard.com
Blurb: A landmark jury verdict holding Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google liable for harming a young user with products designed to be addictive threatens to put the social networking companies…
Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims – Reuters
Blurb: Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims Reuters from news.google.com
DOJ and States to Appeal Google’s Slap on the Wrist in Search Antitrust Case– www.breitbart.com
Blurb: The DOJ and multiple states have filed notices to appeal a federal court ruling in the Google Search antitrust case that imposed limited restrictions on the internet giant’s conquest of the…
TikTok Deal Officially Closes, and the CCP will be Happy
The TikTok deal has officially closed, with a “mostly American” investor group mutually led by Oracle and Silber Lake. ByteDance will still have a 20% stake, meaning TikTok will help fund the…
TikTok Faces Backlash, Outages, Competition Following Change In U.S. Ownership 01/27/2026 – MediaPost
Blurb: TikTok Faces Backlash, Outages, Competition Following Change In U.S. Ownership 01/27/2026 MediaPost from news.google.com
UK Government Threatens Potential Ban of Elon Musk’s X over AI Use– slaynews.com
Blurb: The socialist UK government is mulling plans to ban the social media giant X, owned by Elon Musk, over supposed online safety concerns. UK Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has voiced support…
New X Feature Reveals Some of the Biggest Political Influencers are Foreign Larpers
After the social media platform X rolled out a new feature called “About this Account” numerous active X accounts were exposed as being filled with foreign propagandists and engagement farmers adding fuel…