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Meta settles with 18-year-old US woman who claims Facebook and Instagram harmed her mental health

The settlement leaves Snapchat's parent company Snap as the sole defendant in a landmark trial over allegations that social media platforms were deliberately designed to be addictive

Tax authorities investigate booming influencer industry as market heads towards €100m

Tax officials have targeted more than 200 accounts, while 18 influencers are being investigated over the promotion of illegal online gambling

Tech chiefs sign voluntary AI safety pact at White House

The accord commits AI developers to four layers of safety checks but carries no legal force or state oversight, while a new executive order directs federal agencies to replace the term artificial intelligence with superintelligence

Zuckerberg unveils Meta’s new 100-gram VR glasses priced at $1,300: How Instagram & Facebook will enter the AI world

The glasses, developed in partnership with Ray-Ban, come as a response to criticism of ‘smart glasses’ accused of violating privacy

How Meta’s agreement could change the internet: What the 35-page settlement provides and Europe’s position

Meta may not have acknowledged legal liability for the allegations brought against it by US states. However, it is accepting for the first time that a large part of its business model is unsuitable for children - The commitments it has undertaken & the “game” involving YouTube & TikTok

Meta takes down Iranian propaganda network that used AI: Targeted politicians & journalists in the US

The network reportedly had amassed more than 79,000 followers - The Iran-based accounts claimed their users lived in major American cities such as Washington, San Diego & Atlanta

Daily limit, muted notifications, hidden likes: The changes coming to Facebook and Instagram after the trial

Meta reached an $18 billion settlement with the 29 states that had sued it - The changes will initially be implemented in the U.S. and may later be expanded to other regions

EU declines to comment on Meta settlement with U.S. states

The European Union is in dialogue with Meta over the addictive design of its platforms, a Commission spokesperson for technology issues said

Meta to pay more than $16 billion to 29 U.S. States – settlement in lawsuit over children’s addiction to Facebook and Instagram

Meta has reached a settlement over lawsuits accusing it of designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children and teenagers, misleading users about their safety, and illegally collecting minors’ personal data

TikTok to pay US $400m over breach of child privacy law

Dozens of US states are pursuing Meta under the same 2000 law, with a jury trial that began this week accusing Instagram and Facebook's owner of profiting from underage users, as ByteDance's valuation reaches $550bn

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