L.A. social media addiction verdict set to unleash more lawsuits — and force changes

Civil juries in Los Angeles County and Santa Fe, N.M., recently found that social media companies were responsible for harms ...

A $6 Million Jury Verdict Ruled Social Media Is Addictive. Now What?

A Los Angeles jury has made history, ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately engineered platforms to addict a young user.

Verdicts against social media companies carry consequences. But questions linger

Two landmark jury verdicts against social media companies have arrived in a long line of lawsuits alleging harm to children ...

In the wake of US social media verdicts, a look at limits other countries have imposed for kids

Dual jury verdicts this week have validated longstanding concerns about the dangers of social media for young people. But the ...

Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens

Juries in two big cases have affirmed what research is finding: The design of social media platforms is particularly ...

From Social Media Scheduling to Social Media API-Driven Automation: Why Small Businesses Are Moving Beyond Traditional Tools

Blotato reflects the growing shift toward social media API-powered automation systems for small businesses.As small ...

Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in social media harms trial

The jury ordered the companies to pay $6 million in damages over defective design. The landmark verdict may influence the ...

How Meta’s victim-blaming failed to sway jurors in landmark social media addiction trial

Aggressive strategy and loss in the trial highlight a problem for tech firms: a widespread distrust of social media companies ...

‘Now we have the proof’: Safety advocates hope a landmark jury ruling could lead to social media changes

Online safety advocates hope landmark trial verdicts this week can bring change to social media platforms they have warned about for years, after juries found Meta (and YouTube in one case) ...

Ex-Surgeon General says social media needs to be regulated "similar to cigarettes"

Jerome Adams, who served as surgeon general in President Trump's first term, said that "similar to cigarettes," the ...

Gen Z’s New Favorite Social-Media App Shows a Shift in Online Culture

"Shelf" is gaining renewed attention as Gen Z users embrace a social app built around books, music and movies.