- Meta Must Face Massachusetts Suit Over Teen Addiction
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 18, 2024
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell can proceed with a lawsuit accusing Me ...
- Meta Launches Safety Features To Protect Teens On Instagram, Prevent Sextortion
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, October 17, 2024
Meta is continuing to introduce safety features to protect younger users a ...
- Musk Dismisses Suit Against Unilever Over Alleged 'Massive Boycott'
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 11, 2024
Elon Musk's X Corp. has dropped its claims against the food compa ...
- Utah Appeals Order That Blocked Restrictions On Social Media
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 11, 2024
Utah officials plan to ask a federal appellate court to allow enforceme ...
- IAB, Others Urge Court To Reconsider Ruling That Curbed Section 230
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 9, 2024
The recent ruling "destabilizes established law in ways that threaten profound consequenc ...
- X To Return Services To Brazil Following Compliance With Court's Demands
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ended the ban after El ...
- TikTok Harms Teens' Mental Health, AGs Claim In New Lawsuits
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 8, 2024
TikTok is aware that "compulsive use" of the platform is "wreaking hav ...
- 25% Of U.S. Streaming Consumers Shared Passwords, Watched Pirated Content In Last Year
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Fifteen percent of streaming users borrow passwords, while 7% watch pirated sho ...
- Threads Has An 'Engagement-Bait' Problem
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, October 7, 2024
Threads is becoming overrun by engagement bait - polarizing content created ...
- Meta Can't Shake Securities Fraud Suit Over Statements About Content, Teen Safety
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Siding against Meta Platforms, a judge refused to dismiss a securities fra ...
- Apathetic AI: It Doesn't Know Customers As People
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Email personalization suffers with AI because there is no human connection, Bui ...
- Free Speech Watchdogs Blast Musk's Attempt To Sue Researchers
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Elon Musk's lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate "could s ...
- Ruling That Narrowed Section 230 'Threatens Chaos,' TikTok Argues
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 1, 2024
TikTok on Tuesday asked a federal appellate court to reconsider a decisi ...
- Reddit Reduces Moderators' Control Over Subreddits
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, September 30, 2024
Reddit has announced new rules that require moderators to submit a form ...
- X Report: We Remove More Accounts, Suspend Fewer Users Than Twitter Did
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, September 26, 2024
X has issued its first official transparency report since Elon Musk to ...
- Texas Coalition Battles AG Over Curbs On Targeted Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Texas students and the Austin-based ad agency The Ampersand Group are pressi ...
- TikTok Reassures Ad Partners With Misinformation Measurement Capability
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, September 24, 2024
TikTok has expanded its third-party measurement partners while providing the latest resul ...
- New Senate Bill Would Require Warning Labels For Social Media
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 24, 2024
The Stop the Scroll Act, unveiled by Senators John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) a ...
- X Complies With Brazilian Censorship Orders
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, September 23, 2024
X has agreed to block the accounts in question, naming a n ...
- Media Matters Seeks To Appeal Ruling Allowing X's Suit Over Report
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 23, 2024
"Lawsuits like this one pose a severe threat to press freedom," Med ...
- Hate Speech Researchers Fight Musk Bid To Revive Suit
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 20, 2024
The nonprofit research organization Center for Countering Digital Hate on Friday urg ...
- Meta, TikTok, Snap Partner To Protect People Against Self-Harm Content
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, September 13, 2024
Meta, TikTok and Snap are partnering with the Mental Health Coalition ...
- Texas Wants Appellate Court To Reinstate Restrictions On 'Harmful' Content
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 9, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is appealing an injunction that blocked ...
- Court Sides With Musk, Says California Can't Force X To Disclose Content Policy
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 5, 2024
A federal appellate court has blocked enforcement of a California law th ...
- TikTok Updates In-App Election Center
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, September 5, 2024
TikTok is updating its U.S. Election Center, an in-app resource showcasing information ...
- YouTube Adds Safeguards Limiting Teen Exposure To Weight Loss, Exercise Videos
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, September 5, 2024
The safeguards are focused on specific content recommendations including videos encouraging certa ...
- Court Narrows Section 230, Revives Suit Against TikTok Over Algorithms
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 3, 2024
In a ruling that could have a broad impact on social platform ...
- Judge Upholds Texas Curbs On Targeted Ads, But Blocks Restrictions On Content
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 3, 2024
A federal judge has blocked portions of a new Texas law th ...
- X Banned In Brazil, Loses 20M Users
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, September 3, 2024
X's total user base is down at least 10% in 2024, whi ...
- Mississippi Presses To Enforce Social Media Parental-Consent Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 27, 2024
The measure "rationally advances the state's legitimate interest in protecting minors fr ...