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Meta — technology company facing US lawsuits over allegations it deliberately designed addictive features in Facebook and Instagram for children, with settlement requiring teen curfews and time limits.
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Citizen Digital
Meta, US states agree $18 bn settlement in landmark teen safety case By AFP August 27, 2026 10:21 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Meta, Facebook WhatsApp and Instagram logos on smartphone screen. …
Meta, US states agree $18 bn settlement in landmark teen safety caseCitizen Digital
Meta, US states agree Ksh.2 trillion settlement in landmark teen safety case By AFP August 26, 2026 10:02 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg reacts as he testifies during the Senate …
Meta, US states agree Ksh.2 trillion settlement in landmark teen safety caseCitizen Digital
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Ticketmaster enters East Africa as Quicket launches in Kenya and UgandaCitizen Digital
Meta hooked children and misled public: prosecutors By AFP August 19, 2026 07:59 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter In this photo illustration, Meta logo is displayed on a computer screen through a magnifying …
Meta hooked children and misled public: prosecutorsCitizen Digital
Meta in court over child social media addiction By AFP August 19, 2026 05:58 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg reacts as he testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing o …
Meta in court over child social media addictionThe Standard
… Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are spending close to Sh94 trillion on AI infrastructure this year alone. …
The most powerful organisations never chase money firstThe Standard
Audio By VocalizeFacebook-parent Meta will defend itself in a landmark social media trial that begins Tuesday in California, where attorneys have sparred over witnesses and financial penalties. …
Major Meta trial begins as lawyers spar over witnesses, damagesCapital News
LONDON, United Kingdom, Aug 17 — Meta has been hit with successive losses in court over how its platforms have targeted and harmed young users, but a jury trial set to begin on Tuesday may pose the biggest threat yet to its operations. …
If Meta loses this trial, Instagram and Facebook could change foreverThe Standard
… He told the heads of Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI: “In the interests of humanity...Pause AI development....It is not too late to avoid disaster. …
Pope and US senator's fear of uncontrolled AI justifiedThe Standard
Audio By VocalizeWith billions of users around the world, Meta will defend itself against allegations of harming children in a new trial in the United States this week, which experts describe as social media's big tobacco moment. …
Meta meets its own 'tobacco' moment in courtMeta's Oversight Board has urged the company not to treat Community Notes as a replacement for fact-checking, calling instead for Meta to use "all the tools that best address the challenge of misinformation on its platforms." The statement followed Meta's announcement that it was testing the crowdsourcing system in Latin America.
12 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Meta's Oversight Board has urged the company not to treat Community Notes as a replacement for fact-checking, calling instead for Meta to use "all the tools that best address the challenge of misinformation on its platforms." The statement followed Meta's announcement that it was testing the crowdsourcing system in Latin America.
12 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A Timbuktu Institute study found that generative AI is increasingly being used to "amplify and accelerate" existing faultlines in Mali's security crisis, with conflict factions mastering the technology to varying degrees and the country serving as an "open-air laboratory" for AI's use in warfare.
10 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Meta said Wednesday it has begun testing Community Notes in 16 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, a crowdsourced system modeled on Elon Musk's X, designed to replace the professional fact-checking program it runs with partner organizations across the region.
9 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Volker Turk, the U.N. rights chief, warned that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity and called for "cast-iron guarantees" to secure AI, citing risks including disruptions to services, communications, and democratic systems. He pledged to press AI firms to reduce these risks during his address to the UN human rights council.
7 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A UNICEF report titled "Through Children's Eyes" found that 1,292,364 children aged 12–17 in Kenya were subjected to at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse, based on a survey conducted between 2020–2021 and 2024–2025.
6 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A US federal judge declined the government's demand to break up Google's digital advertising division, instead imposing operational rules on the company. The ruling is the second recent instance of a judge rejecting DOJ efforts to dismantle parts of Google's business.
3 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A hidden workforce in Kenya, including employees at Sama Source outsourced by tech giants like Meta, has paid a heavy psychological price moderating online content and training algorithms that power social media platforms.
1 September 2026 · The Standard →
Meta's US state settlement requires the company to implement curfews and time limits for users aged 13–17 on Instagram and Facebook within one year, but the method for verifying age remains unclear and raises privacy concerns among advocates.
29 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A child sexual abuse victim has filed a lawsuit in California federal court against Elon Musk's xAI, alleging that the company's Grok chatbot used her decades-old abuse images to generate new abusive material and publish it to X (formerly Twitter).
28 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The United Nations urged child-safe design across the social media industry after Meta agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion to a coalition of US states and impose limits on teen use of Facebook and Instagram, settling claims that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users and unlawfully collected data from children under 13.
28 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Meta agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion to a coalition of US states and impose new restrictions on teen use of Facebook and Instagram, resolving a landmark lawsuit over claims the company deliberately hooked young users, misled the public about risks, and unlawfully collected data from children under 13.
27 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Meta agreed to pay as much as $16.7 billion to a coalition of 29 US states and impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, resolving a landmark trial that alleged the company deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the public about risks, and unlawfully collected data from children under 13.
26 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Global ticketing company Ticketmaster is entering East Africa through its Quicket platform, which offers digital ticketing, local payment integrations with M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money, and Airtel Money, and global event distribution across Spotify, Google, Meta, Bandsintown, and Apple Music.
21 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A coalition of US states is pursuing a federal court case against Meta, alleging the company knowingly designed Instagram and Facebook to be addictive to children and misled the public. The states are seeking approximately $200 billion in penalties, comparing the case to landmark tobacco litigation.
19 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Opening arguments begin Tuesday in a federal trial where Meta faces charges of deliberately making Instagram and Facebook addictive to children, with a coalition of states seeking $200 billion in penalties. Meta denies the allegations and says it has worked to incorporate protective safeguards for children.
19 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Major technology companies including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are spending approximately Sh94 trillion on AI infrastructure this year alone, though only 39 per cent of organisations report measurable financial impact from AI investments, according to a McKinsey 2025 survey.
19 August 2026 · The Standard →
A landmark trial begins Tuesday in California where a coalition of states sues Meta, claiming the company deliberately made Facebook and Instagram addictive for children in violation of state and federal laws. Meta attempted to block ex-employee Arturo Bejar from testifying as an expert witness, but a federal judge dismissed the request.
18 August 2026 · The Standard →
A jury trial beginning Tuesday stems from a 2023 lawsuit filed by 30 US states claiming Meta violated privacy laws for children. The states are seeking upwards of $1 trillion and demanding changes to Instagram and Facebook, including ending "like" counts, infinite scroll, recommendation algorithms, image filters, autoplay, multiple accounts, and disappearing posts.
17 August 2026 · Capital News →
Prominent figures including Pope Leo XIV and Senator Bernie Sanders have raised concerns about cyberattacks and AI's potential to outsmart its creators, take over critical systems like nuclear codes, and render humans irrelevant if it operates without human oversight.
17 August 2026 · The Standard →
Meta will defend itself in federal court this week against allegations from four states—California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey—that it deliberately designed addictive features in Facebook and Instagram for children. Experts describe the case as social media's "tobacco moment," comparing it to tobacco lawsuits from the 1990s.
12 August 2026 · The Standard →
The EU said Meta and TikTok agreed to boost fact-checking of disinformation linked to a recent Ceuta migrant rush, where experts say social media false claims about an open border helped drive 72,000 migrants from Morocco into Spain's territory. The European Commission set up a coordination mechanism with the platforms and fact-checkers, though it did not rule out compelling the tech giants to do more.
12 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Mark Zuckerberg published an essay on the future of artificial intelligence calling for the US to compete against China, prevent "government tyranny" over AI, and ensure "superintelligence" technology becomes available to everyone. He argues the solution includes "open" weight models that allow users to download the rules governing how an AI system behaves, contrasting with competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic that focus on closed AI models.
11 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for lower barriers to open-source AI and introduced a new model that can run on a personal computer. The launch accompanies a long essay outlining Zuckerberg's vision for artificial intelligence, including remaining competitive against countries like China, amid US debate over restricting AI access and local resistance to data center buildout.
10 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Meta will face a federal trial starting this week brought by four US states (California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey) alleging the company deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive for children. The attorneys general are seeking restrictions on how the platforms operate for minors and up to $1.4 trillion in penalties.
10 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Amazon confirmed it is financing a private gas power plant in Texas that could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, part of a trend of tech giants building off-grid power for AI operations. The plant, known as GW Ranch and being developed by Pacifico Energy, would have 35 turbines generating 7.65 gigawatts, larger than any gas plant currently operating in the United States.
8 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Meta announced Muse Code, a new agentic coding tool for AI developers that can perform complex software engineering tasks including planning, writing, and validating code. The company also released Spark 1.2, an updated coding-focused version of its flagship model.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
An Indian parliamentary panel called on Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg to apologize for the temporary removal of a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Facebook and Instagram on July 23, which Meta said was caused by a technical error. The panel's head said the removal was the work of a publisher rather than an intermediary and demanded an apology within three days.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Trump administration met with tech leaders to finalize a security review process for advanced "closed" AI models before release, though implementation details and enforcement mechanisms remain unclear. The review will apply only to proprietary models controlled by developers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, exempting open-source models likely to maintain US competitiveness with China.
5 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Thirty former Meta content moderators have filed a lawsuit seeking Sh3.6 billion in compensation, alleging workplace trauma and exploitation. The case offers rare judicial insight into Meta's workplace practices, typically protected by non-disclosure agreements and server locations in Germany and Britain.
3 August 2026 · The Standard →
Oil prices surged to $100 a barrel as Tehran-backed Houthi rebels targeted Red Sea shipping and U.S. President Donald Trump threatened military strikes in return. Saudi Arabia's use of the Red Sea as an alternative export route faces disruption, potentially removing more oil from the market.
24 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →