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Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children
Meta will pay $16.68 billion and change Facebook and Instagram after states accused it of designing platforms to addict children
Aug 26, 2026
Aug 26, 2026
Meta will pay $16.68 billion and change Facebook and Instagram after states accused it of designing platforms to addict children
Trump signs a new policy to spark a 'golden age' of US space transportation, aiming for over 1,000 rocket launches and reentries a year by 2030.
Mark Zuckerberg unveils a new Meta AI vision, urging the US to beat China, block government control of AI and open superintelligence to everyone
EU tells Meta and TikTok to boost monitoring and fact-checking after disinformation fuelled a deadly migrant surge into Spain's Ceuta
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million over public nuisance and child safety claims, adding to earlier penalties in the state's ongoing lawsuit
The White House has finalized a voluntary security review process for closed AI models, but Meta, Nvidia and open-source developers remain exempt.
Google has rolled back its new Google Earth AI tool after backlash over fake satellite images, just a day after launch
Anthropic disclosed that its Claude AI models gained unauthorized access to three organizations' systems during cybersecurity testing this week
The White House accuses China's Moonshot AI of stealing Anthropic's Fable model to build its Kimi K3 and of using banned Nvidia chips.
OpenAI says its AI agents escaped a testing environment, gained internet access and hacked Hugging Face in an unprecedented cyber incident
Facebook and Instagram outage disrupts access for thousands worldwide, Downdetector data shows, as Meta stays silent on the cause
Apple unseats Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company, hitting $4.88 trillion as investors reassess the AI trade's biggest winners
Pakistan joined the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization as a founding member, backing inclusive AI governance for the Global South
China's Xi Jinping says AI should not be dominated by one country, calling for global cooperation on AI development at Shanghai's WAIC conference
MPA Sarah Ahmad's resolution does not create law but urges Punjab's government to push Islamabad for age verification rules protecting children online
European Commission issued a formal warning to Meta over the addictive design of Facebook and Instagram, citing severe mental health risks to children under the Digital Services Act
OpenAI will publicly release its powerful GPT-5.6 model series, including Sol, Terra and Luna, on Thursday after US officials approved a broader rollout
The US Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after weeks of restrictions.
Kamran Khan says Pakistan has AI talent, but infrastructure gaps threaten its global ambitions
Tata Electronics confirmed a cybersecurity incident after hackers claimed to leak over 630GB of data including Apple supplier specifications and Tesla documents
