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Meta, Google lose US case over social media addiction harming kids, court orders to pay over $5M

The jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world's most valuable companies.

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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs the court after taking the stand at a trial in a key test case accusing Meta and Google's YouTube of harming kids' mental health through addictive platforms, in Los Angeles, California, February 18, 2026.

Meta's Zuckerberg denies at LA trial that Instagram targets kids

‘David the Servant King’ takes the stage.

A manicure, a memorial and the music of David - opinion

Chef Moshe Basson’s cookbook. Its release coincided with the breakout of the Oct. 7  war.

Iconic Eucalyptus and chef Moshe Basson to serve final meals in Jerusalem


Facebook’s design makes it unable to control vaccine misinformation

The world’s largest social media platform failed to eliminate falsehoods during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Woman holds smartphone with Meta logo in front of a displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021.

Why has Facebook flagged searches of chicken soup as 'child sexual abuse'?

Translations of "chicken soup" in other languages are believed to act as coded language to post child pornography on social media without a trace.

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as a blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Meta’s handling of ‘SpongeBob’ Holocaust denial post is taken up by independent Oversight Board

Users complained about it six times — four times before the Holocaust denial ban went into place and twice after.

Woman holds smartphone with Meta logo in front of a displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021.

Meta pins pro-China influence campaign on Chinese law enforcement

"This operation was large and noisy, but it struggled to reach beyond its own fake echo chamber," said Meta's Global Threat Intelligence Lead Ben Nimmo.

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Caught: Millionaire unveils partner's affair during engagement party

A shocking twist unfolded at a soiree in Italy, where a wealthy banker publicly confronted his partner's infidelity, leaving the attendees stunned.


Labeling Facebook accounts as state media results in reduced engagement

Negative public sentiment toward dictatorships in Iran, Russia and China among social media users in democracies is tied to their behaviors

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Fired police volunteer: Cancel new rule limiting speech for officers

An Israel Police volunteer was reportedly fired retroactively after a new rule was made against criticizing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on social media.

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My Word: Rattled in the echo chamber - comment

The virtual world is made up of echo chambers. While creating the illusion of bringing people closer together, they create parallel universes in cyberspace.

 AN ILLUSTRATION of the new logo of X (Twitter) is seen with the logo of Meta’s Threads.

Elon Musk mocks Mark Zuckerberg for failing to fight

Elon Musk implied that Mark Zuckerberg has been looking for ways to escape the arena.

 Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.

Israel Police volunteers 'may not criticize government policies' - Ben-Gvir

Lior Lipshitz, a police volunteer, was removed from his position after a Facebook post asking Ben-Gvir to calm incitement against opponents of the judicial reforms.

 Chief of police Kobi Shabtai and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at a ceremony of new appointments and ranks of the Israeli Police, in Jerusalem, last week.