France’s Social Media Ban for Under-15s Overturned by Constitutional Court
France’s top constitutional authority ruled that the government’s planned social media ban for children under 15 violates freedom of expression and raised privacy concerns…
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India’s Aadhaar Faces Scrutiny Over Privacy, Accuracy, and Design Flaws
India’s biometric identity system Aadhaar, praised globally, faces critical examination over its privacy, deduplication accuracy, and design choices affecting governance and welfare delivery
Courts Hold Social Media Platforms Liable for Addictive and Harmful Designs
A New Mexico ruling orders Meta to pay nearly $1 billion for harm to teens, while internal TikTok documents reveal dangerous algorithm tests exposing…
Appeals Court Allows Social Media Addiction Lawsuits to Move Forward
A federal appeals court rejected major tech firms' immunity claims, enabling lawsuits accusing Meta, TikTok, and others of fostering addictive social media use to…
New Mexico Court Holds Meta Liable for Social Media’s Public Health Impact
A New Mexico judge ruled Meta’s platforms create a public nuisance linked to youth mental health harms, imposing binding restrictions on safety and product…
NYC Launches Public Interest Technology Crew to Transform Digital Government
New York City establishes the Public Interest Technology Crew, a specialized team aimed at improving government digital services and encourages replication by other cities…
Families Sue Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube Over Teen Suicides
Four families have filed a lawsuit claiming the social media platforms contributed to their teenagers' mental health struggles and suicides between 2024 and 2025
New Challenges in Verifying Facts Amid AI-Generated Misinformation
A Princeton report outlines how AI-generated content complicates digital content authentication, urging collaboration among journalists, technologists, and platforms to maintain information integrity
FTC Charges Hims & Hers with Unauthorized Health Data Sharing to Meta and Snap
The FTC sued telehealth provider Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing sensitive health data with Meta and Snap without consent, violating privacy promises to…
European Commission Approves X’s Data Access Remedies Under Digital Services Act
The EU Commission accepted X's commitments to ease researcher data access under the Digital Services Act, marking a milestone but raising questions on lasting…