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Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege

Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by ... Read More

Social media giants must stand trial on addiction claims

(Bloomberg/Madlin Mekelburg and Maia Spoto) — Meta Platforms Inc., ByteDance Ltd., Alphabet Inc. and Snap Inc. must face trial over claims that they designed social media platforms to addict youths, a ... Read More

Meta Allegedly Concealed Evidence Of Social Media Harm, According To Court Filings: Report - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

Meta Platforms Inc. allegedly hid evidence of social media harm by shutting down a study on Facebook and Instagram's impact on mental health. Read More

Meta defeats antitrust lawsuit over Facebook user data

Sept 30 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab convinced a federal judge in San Francisco to throw out a lawsuit that accused the company of misleading users about its ... Read More

A federal judge rules Meta isn't a monopoly, keeping its social media empire intact

A federal judge ruled that the FTC failed to prove Meta formed a monopoly through its acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. Read More

Lawsuit: New York is accusing Meta and Alphabet of spurring a youth mental health crisis

The Big Apple is taking on the companies behind Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube, accusing them of “public nuisance” and spurring a youth mental health crisis in the city. In a ... Read More

Social media companies facing another lawsuit over their impact on children's wellbeing

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Meta scores a win after judge rules the social media giant is not an illegal monopoly

Meta scored a major win on Tuesday after a federal judge ruled that it is not a social networking monopoly, shooting down an argument from the US Federal Trade Commission that it should be forced to ... Read More

Meta Defeats FTC’s Antitrust Case Alleging Social-Media Monopoly

The ruling denies the agency’s attempt to force the Facebook parent to unwind its Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions. Read More

Social media companies face another lawsuit over effect on youth mental health

Several major social media platforms are being sued by New York City in the latest fight against tech giants over how their products influence the nation’s youth. The city sued the parent companies of ... Read More

Meta's Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are amongst the worst offenders when it comes to social media privacy - here's what you need to know

Discord, Pinterest, and Quora perform best in new 2025 social media privacy ranking Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, and X face penalties for poor privacy protections AI training policies and ... Read More