#Social Media Regulation

Articles (20)

• 🇺🇸 How Instagram’s ‘PG-13’ Branding for Teens Unraveled — 31/03/2026 [USA]

  The social media giant, under legal pressure from the Motion Picture Association, has retreated from its use of the movie rating in its marketing.

  Related: #Trademark Protection, #Youth Content Moderation
• 🇺🇸 Musk faces $2.6bn liability after jury deems Twitter tweets "materially false" — 21/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Corporate Accountability, #Investor Protection, #Executive Communications
• 🇺🇸 Pinterest CEO calls on governments to ban social media for users under 16 — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Pinterest’s chief compares social media to tobacco and alcohol, saying children need similar protections.

  Related: #Youth Safety
• 🇺🇸 Pinterest CEO calls for ban on social media for youth under 16 — 20/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Youth Safety
• 🇺🇸 Verdict possible in landmark social media addiction case — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  A verdict could come as soon as Tuesday in the landmark trial against Meta and Google for allegedly fueling social media addictions. CBS News contributor Jessica Levinson has more.

  Related: #Legal Precedent
• 🇺🇸 One-fifth of Australian teens still use TikTok, SnapChat after social media ban — 13/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Youth Behavior
• 🇺🇸 Social media giants urged to tighten child safety after UK rejects blanket ban for teens — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Social media firms need to use better age verification technologies to keep children off their platforms, the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said.

  Related: #Child Safety
• 🇬🇧 Meta disables over 150,000 accounts in crackdown on south-east Asian scam networks — 11/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Company also launches tools to spot scammers as Thai police arrest 21 people</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/meta">Meta</a> disabled more than 150,000 accounts and Thai police...

  Related: #Cybersecurity
• 🇺🇸 Grok posts about fatal football disasters 'sickening', says government — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  Liverpool and Manchester United have made complaints to social media platform X over posts generated by the Grok AI tool about Hillsborough, Munich and Diogo Jota's death.

  Related: #AI Ethics
• 🇺🇸 Man accused of setting fire to rep's office over TikTok ban sentenced to prison — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  A Wisconsin man accused of attempting to set fire to Rep. Glenn Grothman's (R-Wisc.) office for his support of a bill to have TikTok's Chinese owner sell off its U.S. operations was sentenced to seven...

  Related: #Arson
• 🇺🇸 Factbox-From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children’s social media access — 06/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Child Protection
• 🇺🇸 Indonesia Bans Social Media for Under-16s, Following Australia’s Lead: ‘Parents No Longer Have to Fight Alone Against the Giants of the Algorithm’ — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  Indonesia has become the latest country to bar children under 16 from social media, with Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid announcing that account deactivations will begin on March 28, ...

  Related: #Child Protection
• 🇬🇧 Mark Zuckerberg says criminal behavior on Facebook inevitable — 05/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Meta CEO, grilled about children’s safety, says in taped deposition a user pool of billions will include bad actors</p><p>Harms to children, such as sexual exploitation and detriments to mental hea...

  Related: #Platform Safety
• 🇺🇸 If social platforms are harmful, don't just ban kids. Regulate the harms — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  Litigation against social media companies represents a rare opportunity. Courts and the public are scrutinizing what technology companies have built and why.

  Related: #Youth Mental Health, #Digital Safety, #Policy Development
• 🇺🇸 Zuckerberg grilled in court over social media harms on teens — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Meta's CEO was questioned over the addictive nature of its social media apps like Instagram, and other teen harms.

  Related: #Teen Mental Health, #Corporate Accountability, #Legal Challenges for Big Tech
• 🇺🇸 Zuckerberg quizzed on kids' Instagram use during testimony in unprecedented social media trial — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Mark Zuckerberg and opposing lawyers dueled in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, where the Meta CEO answered questions about young people's use of Instagram, his congressional testimony and intern...

  Related: #Child Safety on Digital Platforms, #Corporate Accountability, #Public Transparency
• 🇺🇸 Mark Zuckerberg faces intense questioning in social media addiction trial — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Wednesday to fight off allegations that Instagram was intentionally designed to be addictive, especially to kids. Jo Ling Kent was in the courtroom and has more on th...

  Related: #Tech Ethics, #Youth Protection, #Corporate Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Zuckerberg takes stand in a landmark trial on youth social media addiction — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in federal court to defend Instagram against allegations that it was deliberately designed to be addictive to children and teens. It's the first time he's testifying abo...

  Related: #Youth Protection, #Tech Industry Accountability, #Digital Addiction
• 🇺🇸 Mark Zuckerberg faces questions about Instagram users under 13 at landmark trial — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was in court on Wednesday, testifying in a pivotal trial on social media addiction and potential legal remedies. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has the details.

  Related: #Youth Protection, #Corporate Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Zuckerberg 'combative' during initial testimony at social media addiction trial — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  NBC News' Brian Cheung and Danny Cevallos review testimony so far from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a landmark case centered around whether social media platforms knowingly designed their apps in a way...

  Related: #Tech Industry Accountability, #Youth Mental Health