
“Addictive” Meta Battles Child Protection Allegations in Court
In a high-stakes legal appearance, Zuckerberg expressed regret over Meta’s sluggishness on child safety issues—while simultaneously spreading blame to rivals Apple and Google.

In a high-stakes legal appearance, Zuckerberg expressed regret over Meta’s sluggishness on child safety issues—while simultaneously spreading blame to rivals Apple and Google.

For the first time, social media companies are on trial for harming children.

The tests showed that Meta’s promised protections for minors often fail in practice, raising fresh concerns about whether the company has misled parents.

Following regulatory pressure, Facebook and Instagram users will now apparently see fewer personalised ads.

Hundreds of thousands of adolescents are expected to be impacted by the ban, with Instagram alone reporting about 350,000 Australian users aged 13 to 15.

Meta blames an upcoming EU regulation requiring stricter transparency for political ads.

The company says the EU’s code creates legal uncertainty and exceeds the scope of the bloc’s AI Act.
U.S. companies like Facebook and Meta have said the application of the Digital Services Act (DSA) by the EU amounts to censorship of their platforms.

As EU officials defend the Digital Services Act, a deeper concern emerges: the quiet convergence of state and corporate power in policing digital discourse.
Poland’s pro-Brussels government cries ‘foreign interference’ over Facebook ads.