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Landmark trial to decide whether Meta misled users about child safety

March 28, 2026 Morgan Lee

SANTA FE, N.M. — Closing arguments began Monday in a landmark trial in New Mexico where social media conglomerate Meta is accused of misleading its users about how safe its platforms are for children. Jurors […]

Undercover investigation of Meta heads to first stand-alone trial in New Mexico

February 7, 2026 Morgan Lee

SANTA FE, N.M. — The first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against Meta is getting underway in New Mexico. New Mexico’s case is built on a state undercover investigation using […]

Mass. court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

December 13, 2025 Michael Casey

BOSTON — Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2024 by […]

Meta faces historic antitrust trial

April 19, 2025 Barbara Ortutay

Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial that began Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown […]

Utah becomes first state to pass legislation requiring app store age verification

March 15, 2025 Hannah Schoenbaum

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah last Wednesday became the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and get parental consent for minors to download apps to their devices. The bill […]

MATTHEWS: Zuckerberg’s about-face on fact-checking is welcome news

January 16, 2025 Stacey Matthews

Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, a lot of things seem to be changing in this country for the better. One of them was a surprising announcement from Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who informed […]

Meta shareholders seek sanctions for deleted Cambridge Analytica emails

December 16, 2024 Randall Chase

WILMINGTON, Del. — Attorneys for Meta shareholders asked a Delaware judge Monday to sanction former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and fellow Facebook board member and current White House chief of staff Jeff Zients for […]

Lawsuit argues Facebook users have right to control feeds

May 8, 2024 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Do social media users have the right to control what they see — or don’t see — on their feeds? A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is arguing that […]

Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds

January 4, 2024 The Associated Press

Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published last week. The researchers say […]

Facebook has 3 billion users. Many of them are old.

May 9, 2023 Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Facebook says it is not dead. Facebook also wants you to know that it is not just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years. Now, with the biggest thorn in its […]