Alabama Trial Puts TikTok’s Teen Safety Practices Under Scrutiny
An Alabama jury is set to hear the state’s claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young users and misled consumers about its safety. The trial, beginning...
Meta Faces Major Youth Safety Trial
A coalition of 29 U.S. states will begin presenting its case against Meta Platforms in federal court in California on Tuesday, accusing the company of designing Facebook and Instagram in ways that harmed the...
Meta Fined $567 Million Over Teen Mental Health
A New Mexico state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a teen mental health fund and make major changes to how Facebook and Instagram operate for young users, ruling that the...
Meta Faces $1.4 Trillion Penalty Claim in Youth Addiction Lawsuit
Meta Platforms has revealed that four U.S. states are seeking nearly $1.4 trillion in penalties over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were intentionally designed to addict young users while misleading the public about the...
Canadian Mother Sues OpenAI, Claims ChatGPT Encouraged Daughter’s Suicide
A Canadian mother has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT played a role in her daughter’s suicide by engaging in dangerous conversations without adequate safeguards. Kristie Carrier...
UK Plans Tougher Social Media Restrictions for Children Under 16
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce plans to restrict access to certain “harmful” online platforms for children under the age of 16 while allowing access to safer forms of social media....
New Mexico Trial Targets Meta Over Alleged Harm to Young Users
A high-stakes trial has begun in New Mexico to examine claims that Meta’s platforms — Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — have negatively impacted the mental health of young users. The case, led by Attorney...
Mental health and the stigma associated with this disease
Mental disease is one of the serious problems that the world is facing that this moment. Many researchers and studies have been conducted in this subject, and several laws have been created to help...