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Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts

Report by Tech Transparency Project shows whenever governments mull platform regulations, company recruits influencers to promote its safety features

The Guardian - US

Major Meta trial begins as lawyers spar over witnesses, damages

Facebook-parent Meta will defend itself in a landmark social media trial that begins Tuesday in California, where attorneys have sparred over witnesses and financial penalties. Dozens of US states sued four major tobacco companies for downplaying the harmful health impacts of their products, and won a 1998 landmark settlement that…

The Economic Times

US states seek $200 billion penalty in blockbuster Meta lawsuit

A coalition of US states will seek around $200 billion in damages against Meta, which they accuse of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for children, when a landmark trial kicks off on Tuesday. A coalition of states sued Meta in 2023 for allegedly designing addictive features for…

The Economic Times

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Instagram's 'deliberate design choices' make it unsafe for teens despite Meta promises, report finds

Despite years of congressional hearings, academic research, whistleblowers and testimony from parents and teenagers about the harms of Instagram, Meta’s wildly popular app has failed to protect children from harms, with “woefully ineffective” safety measures, according to a new report from former employee and whistleblower Arturo Bejar and four nonprofit…

The Independent UK

Mark Zuckerberg and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel apologize to families of online harm victims at Senate hearing – as it happened

Meta chief turns to relatives in the room and says ‘I’m sorry for everything you’ve all gone through’; Spiegel apologizes that site couldn’t prevent tragedies

The Guardian - US

‘Fundamentally against their safety’: the social media insiders fearing for their kids

Parents working for tech companies have a first-hand look at how the industry works – and the threats it poses to child safety

The Guardian - US

Under growing pressure, Meta vows to make it harder for teens to see harmful content

The social media company says it's introducing new policies to restrict teens from seeing posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders on Facebook and Instagram.

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Meta Accused Of Downplaying Harmful Content In Court Documents

Lawsuit claims Meta underreported hate speech and discrimination on Facebook and Instagram

Zenger

Push renewed for online child safety bill despite setbacks - Roll Call

A key member of Congress says she sees a path to enacting child online safety measures for social media use.

Roll Call

Ex-Meta Engineer Raises Alarm On Teen Safety, Sparks Legislative Attention

Former Meta engineer’s testimony before U.S. Senate subcommittee put spotlight back on tech giant’s responsibilities

Zenger

Meta failed to address harm to teens, whistleblower testifies as senators vow action

Former engineer Arturo Bejar says he repeatedly raised the alarm to company execs about Instagram's harm to teens and they failed to act. Senators vow to pass a social media law this year.

WEKU

Former Meta engineering leader to testify before Congress on Instagram's harms to teens

On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Bejar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic

The Independent UK

Ex-Meta Executive Gives Senate Critics a New Hammer To Pound Big Tech

Sens. Blumenthal, Blackburn cite story on Instagram whistleblower to push protective legislation

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