The jury ordered the companies to pay $6 million in damages over defective design. The landmark verdict may influence the ...

Juries in two big cases have affirmed what research is finding: The design of social media platforms is particularly ...

The proposed response – in Australia, now proposed in the UK and elsewhere – is to ban social media for under-16s. It is an ...

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Jurors found Meta and Google liable for building apps that inflicted mental-health problems on a teenager, and similar ...

Instagram and YouTube intentionally designed social media platforms to hook users, a landmark court case found. A ...

There was once a time when I blamed all the world’s problems on social media. Consumerism? Blame social media. Growing intolerance? Blame social media. Religious and ideological extremism? Blame ...

A measure that would have required parental consent for kids under 16 to use social media was deferred indefinitely Wednesday ...

Google UK boss issues new warning over potential social media ban for under-16s - Kate Alessi also says Google plans to ...

I used to run mental health for the state of Indiana, but I’m a recovering lawyer by trade. That mismatch means people often ask me questions that would probably be better directed to an actual mental ...

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