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Meta reaches $18 billion of settlements over children's social media addiction

Meta agreed for the next decade to restrict teenagers' use of Facebook and Instagram to two hours a day and block all usage from midnight to 6 a.m., absent parental consent.

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Witness Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, leaves the courthouse, as Meta faces a landmark trial in federal court over claims from 29 states that the company illegally collected and used children's data in violation of federal law, in Oakland, California, US, August 25, 2026.

Instagram head Mosseri, at children's addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety feature

Social media and the algorithm move faster than facts and claims can be verified.

Which countries, tech giants around the world are regulating kids' social media access?

People hold a picture and a placard with names of young people, as parents of children and young adults whose deaths were allegedly related to social media use hold a press conference, as Meta faces a landmark trial in federal court on August 18, 2026 in Oakland, California, US.

Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram, as landmark trial begins


Meta, TikTok agree to fact-check content on Spanish border crossings after Ceuta rush

The purpose is to prevent criminal networks from enticing potential migrants to attempt to cross with false information, which has led to tragic deaths, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said.

Migrants wait in line to receive food and beverage from the Red Cross, following mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, August 3, 2026.

A week inside the echo chamber: How Jew-hatred moved from fringe to feed

An inside look at the online ecosystem where antisemitic narratives spread at alarming speed

Public channels on the platform are among the online spaces researchers monitor for antisemitic content.
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Wave of WhatsApp suspensions sweeps across Israel, raising concerns of blocked accounts

The Israel Internet Association on Saturday advised WhatsApp users to back up important information stored in the messenger app in case their accounts were suspended as well.

WhatsApp, illustration.

One in three startups at Google’s cybersecurity forum are Israeli, organizers announce

Of the 33 startups selected for Google’s top cybersecurity program, 11 are either founded in Israel or led by Israeli entrepreneurs.

Google's Gemini Startup Forum: Cybersecurity.

Israel's Attention Revolution fights child smartphone addiction, spreading nationwide

Banner said the initiative, which is growing “rapidly, sevenfold” in recent years, works through the mechanism of a social contract between parents on a class-by-class level.

 A kid plays on a phone.

Meta sued: AI helped choose whom to lay off, but missed an important detail

A total of 26 employees claim that AI systems were utilized by Meta to rank staff ahead of a wave of layoffs, failing to distinguish between a lack of productivity and an approved absence.

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta hit by global disruptions as thousands of Facebook and Instagram users report service issues

The source of Meta's disruption was not immediately clear, though users reported login failures, inaccessible accounts, and difficulties loading content.

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Meta rejects claims 2025 policy changes fueled rise in antisemitic content

Meta significantly changed its approach to moderating hateful content in January 2025, shifting away from proactive enforcement toward a model that relies on user reports and reactive enforcement.

Meta launches paid subscriptions for Facebook and WhatsApp

Meta's Zuckerberg says AI agent tech progressing slower than expected

Meta is projected to spend as much as $145 billion on AI infrastructure this year, yet the company's bets on AI agents "haven't come to fruition yet"

(ILLUSTRATIVE) A logo of Meta AI sits outside the Meta House on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025.

The tech deal of the year: Four giants poured a billion dollars into an Israeli company

AppsFlyer closed a dramatic funding round of over a billion dollars as part of its Series E round, at a company valuation of $2.7 billion.

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