2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (323+ words) As Europe contemplates a potential social media ban for children and teens, the European Commission found in a preliminary investigation that Meta's Instagram and Facebook apps violate the Digital Services Act due to addictive design features, including infinite scrolling, autoplaying,…...

11+ hour, 28+ min ago  (412+ words) A California-led coalition of 12 state attorneys general on Monday sued to prevent Paramount Skydance from completing its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. The merger "would extinguish competition between Paramount and Warner Bros. and inflict substantial harm on movie theatres,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (429+ words) Marketing-technology company Zeta Global must face a lawsuit by investors who allege it misrepresented that consumers opted in to the collection of their data, a federal judge said Wednesday. In the ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Dale Ho in New York…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (159+ words) Several media outlets, including The New York Times and the Daily News, have asked a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, alleging that the firm “chose obstruction” and is hiding evidence in the copyright infringement case now in discovery,…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (153+ words) Meta is hitting back at the lawsuit that could result in its paying $1.4 trillion, almost the entire valuation of the company, to California and three other states, Deadline reports. “A sanction of that size has no analog in the history…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (358+ words) Nebraska will ask a federal appellate court to allow immediate enforcement of a law requiring social platforms to verify users' ages and prohibit anyone under 18 from creating accounts without parental permission, state Attorney General Michael Hilgers disclosed in court papers…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (218+ words) The ruling means Bollore Group is not required to make an estimated $9-$10 billion tender offer for minority shares in Vivendi and its spin-off companies. Become a free MediaPost member now to read this article Log in if you are already…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (256+ words) The City of Boston has joined a lawsuit against several social media companies, including Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, claiming that their addictive features are creating a youth mental health crisis, NBC Boston reports. “Social media companies have evidence of…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (444+ words) The tech industry group NetChoice on Tuesday urged a federal appellate court to reject Virginia's latest request to immediately lift a block on a law imposing time limits on minors' use of social platforms. "Virginia is not entitled to the…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (445+ words) The tech industry group NetChoice on Tuesday urged a federal appellate court to reject Virginia's latest request to immediately lift a block on a law imposing time limits on minors' use of social platforms. "Virginia is not entitled to the…...