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California Battles Google, Meta Over Recommendation Restrictions
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (452+ words) California is urging a federal appeals court to reject Google's and Meta's most recent push to block enforcement of a law prohibiting social platforms from algorithmically recommending posts to minors under 18 without the consent of a parent or guardian. In…...
California Battles Google, Meta Over Restrictions On Recommendations
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (451+ words) California is urging a federal appeals court to reject Google's and Meta's most recent push to block enforcement of a law prohibiting social platforms from algorithmically recommending posts to minors under 18 without the consent of a parent or guardian. In…...
State health officials want judge to halt contempt fines in civil rights case
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (158+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children’s Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Will $17 billion Meta deal really protect Mississippi children?
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (68+ words) djournal.com Bill Crawford 2023 mug Did most state attorneys general â including our own Lynn Fitch â sell out child safety for a $17 billion settlement with Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram? Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier thinks so. Javascript…...
Unpacking Meta’s Massive Settlement with State Attorneys General Over Alleged Harms to Minors
1+ week, 2+ day ago (232+ words) Voluntary legal settlements involve compromises by plaintiffs and defendants. No party gets everything it originally wanted or sought to forestall. Advocacy groups with mission-driven interests in a case’s outcome rarely are satisfied. The threat of litigation against Google and TikTok,…...
Forty-Seven States Couldn’t Stop Meta’s Algorithm
1+ week, 2+ day ago (195+ words) Meta’s $17.1 billion settlement over harms to teens was extraordinary, but it left its platforms’ core feature mostly intact. Forty-Seven States Couldn’t Stop Meta’s Algorithm Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Meta ended a raft of lawsuits…...
Meta's $18 Billion Settlement- Implications for Law, Technology, and the Future of Child Safety Online
1+ week, 4+ day ago (777+ words) The National Law Review On August 26, 2026, a federal courtroom in Oakland, California became the site of what many legal scholars and technology policy experts are already calling the most consequential technology industry settlement in American history. During trial, Meta Platforms,…...
South Dakota AG wants part of record $53 million Meta settlement spent on consumer protection
1+ week, 5+ day ago (404+ words) In the largest single-company consumer-protection payout in state history, Meta has agreed to fork over a record $52.6 million to South Dakota to settle claims that its social media products were designed in ways that harmed children. Announcing the settlement, which…...
A look at major lawsuits against Meta, other social media companies over harms to kids
1+ week, 5+ day ago (879+ words) Home » News analysis » A look at major lawsuits against Meta, other social media companies over harms to kids By Barbara Ortutay and Kaitlyn Huamani, AP Technology Writers, published on August 31, 2026 A settlement announced Aug. 26 between Meta and dozens of states…...
After Meta settlement, Wisconsin lawmakers say there???s still a lot to be done to protect kids online
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (910+ words) by Baylor Spears, Wisconsin Examiner August 28, 2026 Wisconsin lawmakers who have sought to address child safety online told the Wisconsin Examiner on Thursday that a settlement worth up to $17.1 billion between the owner of Facebook and Instagram and most states in…...