Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg quizzed on kids’ Instagram use in social media trial
Zuckerberg’s testimony is part of an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta’s platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
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Web Exclusive: Governments, politicians face 1st Amendment suits over social media use
Kingsford Heights, Indiana, has something in common with a growing number of smaller communities: Its town council is facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of its residents — not at the ballot box or in a church, but on Facebook.
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‘Ordered freedom’: AG Rokita sets agenda focused on ‘liberty’
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita recently sat down with Indiana Lawyer to answer questions about his first 100 days in office and his agenda for the next four years.
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Web Exclusive: Supreme Court in no hurry to find new attorney ethics director
With the search underway for only the third director of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, one thing seems certain: The court will take its time finding a successor for retired leader G. Michael Witte.
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Web Exclusive: Legal clinic offers education series through Facebook
When in-person legal education events became virtually impossible during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic chose to go virtual.
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Indiana House panel advances school cellphone crackdown, revised youth social media bills
Both measures now head to the full House after getting reworks in the Education Committee.
Google, Meta, push back on addiction claims in landmark social media trial
Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse into what will be a lengthy trial characterized by dueling narratives from the plaintiffs and the two remaining defendants, Meta and YouTube.
‘Losing the fight’: Parents urge action as Indiana House revisits youth social media restrictions
After hours of emotional testimony from frustrated parents and school leaders, an Indiana House committee is weighing whether to revive youth social media restrictions inside a wide-ranging education agency bill.
Social networks face Big Tobacco moment over addiction cases
But if they lose, social media companies will face pressure to change the way minors interact with social media and to reach settlements that could total billions – a scenario that could be akin to the deals that tarnished the tobacco and opioid industries.
Lawsuit claims WhatsApp has a gaping security hole. Experts doubt it.
The suit cited unidentified whistleblowers who the lawsuit claims have discovered that WhatsApp staff could send an electronic request to the company’s engineers asking for messages from a specific user ID.
Lawmakers back away from a youth social media ban
Bills on township government, hemp and utility costs also pass General Assembly.
TikTok settles as social media giants face landmark trial over youth addiction claims
The social video platform was one of three companies — along with Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube — facing claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
Parents say teens are addicted to social media. Now, a jury will decide.
The trial will put the spotlight on an emerging debate within the mental health field about the connection between social media and climbing teen rates of depression, anxiety and suicide ideation.
Indiana senators push forward social media limits for minors, stricter school tech policies
Indiana’s Senate Education Committee advanced bills that would restrict minors’ access to social media platforms and another that would require schools to strengthen technology plans and give parents greater control over at-home device use.
Citing mental health impacts, Indiana legislators seek to limit social media use by children
Separate proposals would also restrict phones in schools and allow parents to set stronger filters on school-issued devices.
Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids
Meta said it strongly disagrees with the allegations and is “confident the evidence will show our longstanding commitment to supporting young people.”
Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, won’t have to break off WhatsApp, Instagram
Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.
Former midshipman from Indiana charged with sending threat that caused US Naval Academy lockdown
He was arrested on suspicion of sending an online threat via a social media application that was related to a lockdown and shooting at the military college in Maryland last week.
US says a deal has been reached on TikTok, but details are sparse
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping are expected to speak on Friday to possibly finalize the deal.
Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X or Grok among its top apps
Apple said its App Store is designed to be fair and free of bias
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time, without clear legal basis
It is not clear how many times Trump can — or will — keep extending the ban as the government continues to try to negotiate a deal for TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance.
Indiana Supreme Court to hear arguments in state’s lawsuits against TikTok
Oral arguments are set for June 4 in a case involving the state’s two civil lawsuits against TikTok, including allegations that the social media company violated Indiana’s Deceptive Consumer Sales Act.
Meta CEO Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 over antitrust worries, email says
The email was shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial alleging Meta illegally monopolized the social media market.
Zuckerberg tells court Meta faces broader competition than FTC says
In federal court Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s claim that the social media giant maintains a monopoly.