YouTube settles early test case over social media harm to children Engadget By: staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) 24 June 2026 at 09:13 Google has settled a lawsuit with a minor known who claimed that social media platforms harmed them.
Meta Has Created a Prediction Markets App NYT - Technology By: Mike Isaac and David Yaffe-Bellany 23 June 2026 at 23:42 The experimental app, internally called βArena,β would be independent of Facebook and Instagram. It could compete for attention with Polymarket and Kalshi, the biggest prediction markets.
One of Wikipediaβs Cofounders Banned From the Site Over Influence Campaigns Gizmodo By: Bruce Gil 23 June 2026 at 21:59 The longtime critic of the online encyclopedia is accused of trying to use his online followers to influence an internal Wikipedia debate.
EU Prepares Charges Against Meta Over Addictive Design Aimed at Children Technology.org By: Vytautas 23 June 2026 at 11:44 EU Escalates Its Meta Probe The European Commission is getting ready to widen its case against Meta, with
The Oversight Board says Meta needs to do more to protect regular people from sexualized deepfakes Engadget By: staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) 23 June 2026 at 11:00 Meta's Oversight Board has made several suggestions to make reporting sexualized AI deepfakes easier and more effective for ordinary people.
People Who Used Instagram for Years Were More Likely to Be Fooled a Strangerβs Face Was Their Own in Bizarre VR Experiment ZME Science By: Tibi Puiu 22 June 2026 at 19:03 A new study suggests Instagram may shape not just how people judge their looks but how their brains decide what counts as their own face