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Meta's settlement could force its biggest competitors to reshape their apps. One day after Instagram's top exec was asked in court about his team's efforts to…
For a while now, multiple studies have attempted to demonstrate how social media apps can have a detrimental impact on teen mental health. Meta-owned platforms…
Brazil’s data protection authority has fined TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, nearly $30m for the alleged mishandling of children and teenagers’ personal da…
New Zealand is to introduce a bill seeking to ban under-16s from using social media. Under the latest proposals, platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Snapch…
New York police are investigating a new video of three people emerging from a manhole in Manhattan, months after similar incidents were deemed to pose no threa…
TikTok has agreed to pay $400m (£293m) to the US to end a lawsuit alleging its platform violated childrenâs privacy, marking one of the largest ever settlem…
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a $400m settlement with the short-video app TikTok over concerns that the platform had violated chi…
The DoJ said the app has made significant strides in privacy protections since the 2024 suit. TikTok and ByteDance have reached an agreement with the Departme…
Open TikTok or Instagram and search for anxiety, ADHD, or trauma. Within seconds, feeds serve up licensed psychologists and psychiatrists breaking down clinica…
Meta, Google, TikTok and LinkedIn will have to pay millions to support local news outlets under Australia's new rules. Australia will force Meta, Google, TikT…
It’s often one of those “you vs. you” scenarios when you move to open an app, such as TikTok or Instagram, even without intending to. The realization may not a…
