Breathitt County School District case was seen as a bellwether case Meta agreed to pay the most at $9 million Many other school districts are also suing May 29 (Reuters) - A Kentucky school district ...

Meta Platforms META-4.90%decrease; down pointing triangle reached a settlement with a Kentucky school district over accusations that social-media companies intentionally designed their platforms to ...

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For years, the legal strategy against social media companies had largely focused on the content hosted on these sites, but that strategy hadn't gained much traction in court. A glimmer of progress ...

Back-to-back verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube could usher in a new chapter in accountability for tech companies, while opening the door to fresh legal challenges, experts tell CBS News. Two ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and advises parents, students and teachers on how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media ...

Social media is designed to be addictive, jurors in a landmark trial against two of the largest social media companies have found. Research in recent years has increasingly suggested a causal link ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two landmark jury verdicts against social media companies have arrived at the front of a wave of lawsuits alleging that the popular platforms endanger the mental health of ...

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found YouTube and Meta liable in a landmark trial over whether social media companies should be held accountable for fueling a mental health crisis among children.

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their platforms and fail to protect them from ...

The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...