NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Top White House aide Stephen Miller joined Vice President JD Vance to launch the White House anti-fraud task force Friday, pledging to “demolish” the kind of corruption that unfairly burdens taxpayers and gives a free ride to bad actors. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump launched the … Read more
THORNTON, Colo. — A Colorado woman whose son died from a fentanyl-laced pill he bought through social media celebrated a pair of verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube that she said opened the door for companies to be held responsible for harms to children using their platforms. “The truth is out, and it’s time … Read more
Back-to-back verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube could usher in a new chapter in accountability for tech companies, while opening the door to fresh legal challenges, experts tell CBS News. Two cases, decided in New Mexico and California, are the first to hold social media companies liable for harming young people. On Tuesday, a … Read more
The Justice Department has launched an investigation into admissions policies at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, according to the university and a social media post by the head of the department’s Civil Rights Division that appeared to inadvertently reveal it. “Launching a series of civil rights investigations,” Harmeet Dhillon wrote on X, posting … Read more
AI models don’t read content the way humans do. They don’t watch your videos. They don’t scroll your feeds. They don’t absorb the ~vibe~ of your Instagram aesthetic, or feel the energy of your TikTok. They extract. They pull structured information from text (transcripts, captions, metadata, descriptions) and use that extracted material to construct answers. … Read more
How the partial government shutdown is affecting more than just airports. Tensions flare during a briefing with lawmakers about the Iran war. And the AI-generated reality show starring fruit captivating social media audiences. Here’s what to know today. Long airport lines are the tip of the iceberg of DHS shutdown The Senate failed again to … Read more
Walker Montgomery was just 16 when someone pretending to be a teenage girl messaged him through Instagram and seduced him into cybersex. Within hours he was dead. Caught up in a sextortion scheme, the Mississippi teen killed himself. —- EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs … Read more
Breaking down the verdict in the landmark social media addiction trial – CBS News Watch CBS News In a landmark social media trial, Meta and YouTube were found liable for creating products that led to addictive behavior. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent has the details. Source link
Within the space of 24 hours, tech giant Meta lost two landmark court cases in two states related to the alleged harms of social media for children. In a Los Angeles lawsuit, a jury found Wednesday that Meta and YouTube’s negligent designs of their social media were a substantial factor in causing harm to the … Read more
The jury in a landmark social media addiction trial on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior in young users. Scott Stein, editor at large for CNET, joins CBS News to break down the day’s tech headlines. Source link