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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a speech presenting a new line of smart glasses at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 17, 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2026
Meta deepens Nvidia ties with pact for ‘millions’ of chips
Meta was already the second-largest buyer of Nvidia products in the last fiscal year, having accounted for a total of about $19 billion.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri (center) leaves the LA County Superior Court after testifying in a social media trial in Los Angeles, California, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 12, 2026
Instagram chief defends youth mental health decisions at trial
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified in Los Angeles as part of a trial on what plaintiffs ‌call “social media addiction” ‌in children and young adults.
Parents from the United Kingdom — Mariano Janin and George Nicolaou — hold photos of their children, who were victims of bullying on social media, outside the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California, on Monday as landmark trial on the effects of social media on minors began.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 10, 2026
U.S. trial lawyer says Meta and YouTube ‘engineered addiction’ in children
A California court is hearing a landmark trial on the effects of social media on minors.
Parents who lost children to social media–related harms hold a vigil on Feb. 5 ahead of a social media addiction trial set to begin this week in Los Angeles.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 9, 2026
Arguments to begin in key U.S. social media addiction trial
The outcome in the case in the Los Angeles Superior Court could set the tone for a tidal wave of similar litigation across the United States.
India is considering a ban on social media for children, following Australia's passage of the world's first ban last month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 1, 2026
Modi ally proposes social media ban for India’s teens as global debate grows
India, the world’s second-biggest smartphone market with 750 million devices and a billion internet users, is a key growth market for social media apps.
Technology leaders at U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January included, from right, Sundar Pichai of Google, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, inside the Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 26, 2026
Addictive by design? Social media giants face jury in child harm lawsuit
The companies are accused of addicting young users to content that has led to depression, eating disorders, psychiatric hospitalization and even suicide.
A child looks at his phone in Melbourne on Nov. 27 ahead of Australia's ban on children under 16 from using social media.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2025
Australian content creators feel sting of losing young fans to social media ban
Follower counts primarily on Instagram have dropped, creators said, while engagement patterns — likes, comments and views — have also changed.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister Anika Wells speak to the media during a visit to St. John Paul II College in Canberra, Australia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 11, 2025
Australian leader defends social media ban as teens brag about staying online
The rollout of the ban was always going to be bumpy but would ultimately save lives, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at an annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, in September last year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2025
Meta’s Zuckerberg plans deep cuts for metaverse efforts
The metaverse effort was once framed as the future of the company and was the reason for the company changing its name from Facebook.
In a 2020 research project, Meta scientists working with survey firm Nielsen found that "people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness and social comparison,” internal documents said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 23, 2025
Meta buried ‘causal’ evidence of social media harm, U.S. court filings allege
In a 2020 research project code-named “Project Mercury,” Meta scientists working with survey firm Nielsen found positive mental health affects from stopping use of Facebook.
The U.S. government has sought to break up Meta for the past five years.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 19, 2025
Meta wins FTC antitrust trial over Instagram and WhatsApp deals
The Federal Trade Commission failed to prove Meta’s acquisitions of the apps allowed it to illegally monopolize the social networking market, a district court ruled.
Volker Turk, United Nations high commissioner for human rights, attends the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Sept. 8.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2025
Concentration of corporate power a ‘huge’ concern: U.N. rights chief
In an interview, Volker Turk pointed out how seven or eight big tech companies now boast more wealth than the entire economies of even industrialized nations.
Meta's pursuit of AI advancement without a strong safety culture has led to serious risks — especially for children — and unless the company fundamentally reforms its priorities, more harm is inevitable.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2025
Meta’s chatbot scandal is really a culture problem
It was bad enough when the company didn’t prioritize safety with social media. The stakes with AI are even higher.
Meta's study showed that for teens who said they often felt bad about their bodies after viewing Instagram, "eating disorder adjacent content” made up 10.5% of what they saw, while such content accounted for only 3.3% of what other teens in the study saw.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 21, 2025
Instagram shows more ‘eating disorder adjacent’ content to vulnerable teens: Meta
The researchers at Meta said their findings did not prove Instagram was making users feel worse about their bodies, noting many could be seeking out such material.
According to Meta's rules, advertisers who seek to run political ads in the United States have to undergo a special authorization process.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 2, 2025
Deepfake political scam ads surge on Meta platforms, watchdog says
The ads have reached tens of thousands of the platforms’ users.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends a private dinner for technology and business leaders hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 4.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 1, 2025
Trump and America’s tech giants: Coexistence or collaboration?
The impact of Trump’s policies on online platforms is also significant. During his first term, Big Tech faced intense antitrust pressure.
Rioters supporting U.S. President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. YouTube agreed to pay a $24.5 million settlement to Trump and others who were banned by the video streaming platform in the wake of the riots, according to a legal document filed on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 30, 2025
Google to pay $24.5 million to end Trump suit over Jan. 6 ban
The court filing states $22 million will go toward the construction of a new ballroom in the White House, a project near and dear to Trump.
Oracle is among some of the firms expected to thrive in an artificial intelligence future.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 29, 2025
Magnificent Seven is passe, but what can take its place?
Wall Street’s most powerful collection of stocks is missing some of the firms that are also expected to thrive in an artificial intelligence future.
Australia’s plan to ban under-16s from using social media, including YouTube, has reignited debate over how best to protect kids online.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2025
Banning teens from YouTube won’t keep them safe
Part of the reason YouTube’s inclusion has struck such a nerve is because it’s impossible to overstate how intertwined it has become with pop culture.
Tables and chairs in the White House Rose Garden in Washington on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are hosting an artificial intelligence event for tech CEOs on Thursday at the newly renovated garden.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 4, 2025
Trump to host Big Tech CEOs in White House’s redone rose garden
The U.S. president recently had stone pavers installed in the garden after complaining that the existing grass was unsuitable for hosting large events.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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