TikTok and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, are suing the European Union (EU) over a segment of the Digital Services Act that requires the companies to pay a fee to cover the cost of regulating them. [Read More]
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Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland has become the latest U.S. school district to sue Meta and TikTok for allegedly contributing to the mental health crisis among young people in recent months. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-17 19:24
The public school district in Seattle has filed a lawsuit against the companies behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat, accusing them of harming young people’s mental health. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-01-09 20:15
TikTok, Imgur, and Reddit are being investigated by a U.K. watchdog over whether its algorithms serve inappropriate or harmful content to children. [Read More]
Watch the short talking head video below. Granted, it is in French, and close inspection of it may raise suspicions but perhaps caught unaware it could well fool people into believing it is a real video and not AI-generated. [Read More]
A photographer has been sued for $2 million for throwing a bucket of urine at a TikTok-famous vintage photo booth that was set up next door to her home. [Read More]
TikTok will ban teenagers from using beauty filters amid concerns about the dangerous impact on younger users' mental health. [Read More]
Australia’s House of Representatives passed a landmark bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from using social media. [Read More]
An influencer is suing another influencer for copying her "aesthetic" in photos and videos on social media -- in a case that may upend how copyright protections work in the content creation industry. [Read More]
A mom vlogger was arrested for shoplifting after she allegedly posted a TikTok video featuring a haul of her stolen items.
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