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SEATTLE: The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.Seattle…

Privacy regulators of the European Union have imposed another $402 million fine on the Meta-owned photo-sharing platform -- Instagram. The regulator brought forward complaints related to how the social media platform handles children’s data…

Women would effectively suffer from brittle bones and infertility because of Facebook’s choices, says Frances Haugen. At a congressional hearing on Tuesday, former Facebook Inc.…

<!-- -->There is still not much clarity about MetaverseAfter stirring outrage last year over Facebook's failure to act when confronted with its users' harmful behaviour, Frances Haugen, a former employee of the social media giant, has…

Ahead of the 2020 US Presidential elections, social media giant Facebook took steps to combat misinformation. However, those steps weren't enough to stop the spread of misinformation. Due to data disclosed by Frances Haugen, a former…

Washington: US Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, introduced a bill aimed at addressing addiction to social media platforms like Meta Platform's Facebook or Twitter. A Facebook whistleblower, Frances…

Facebook's first ever drop in daily users is a landmark moment, and it is hard to see the company’s founder Mark Zuckerberg steering the company back to growth. For years, Wall…

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WASHINGTON: Instagram's boss faces a grilling Wednesday from US lawmakers after damning press reports based on leaked internal research showed the photo-sharing app could harm its young users. Adam Mosseri's testimony comes as the social…

SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram announced new protections on Tuesday for young users, a day before the photo-sharing app's chief executive officer (CEO) faces a grilling from the United States lawmakers on whether the platform is "toxic" for…