2026-02-06
New: An unsealed email shows how Zuckerberg responded inside Meta after WSJ published its internal research on teen girls' mental health. In the email, he said he felt peers like Apple face less scrutiny by looking inward less, and wondered if Meta should follow. www.theverge.com/report/87417...
The Verge
Filing: Zuckerberg considered changing how Meta studies social issues after a WSJ story about Instagram and teen mental health, noting Apple faces less scrutiny
2025-12-24
Judge Robert Pitman wrote that the statute “is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door and, for minors, require parental consent before the child or teen could enter and again when they try to purchase a book.” www.theverge.com/news/849752/ ...
The Verge
A US federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1
Document #65 Ryan Mac / New York Times : Judge Blocks Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Anthony Kimery / Biometric Update : Judge blocks Texas app store age verification la...
2025-03-19
The FTC's two remaining Democratic commissioners say they were “illegally fired” today by the President. Republicans would soon have a majority over the agency anyway, but it's a clear show of force over the independent agency — one apparently endorsed by its chair. www.theverge.com/news/632267/ ...
New York Times
President Trump fires the FTC's two Democratic members, threatening the regulatory body's independence in a decision that is likely to face a legal challenge
The decision to fire the two members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge.
2025-01-22
This might be the least surprising thing to have happened in this whole saga www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24...
Bloomberg
Donald Trump says he would be open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok US as part of a joint venture that would give the US government 50% ownership
“I have the right to make a deal,” Trump said at an event alongside Ellison at the White House on Tuesday.
2025-01-20
Here's the longer explanation of why TikTok's service providers helping it run in the US are still technically breaking the law & could face potentially $850 billion in penalties + shareholder lawsuits. Don't hold your breath for TikTok remaining available just yet. www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24... …
The Verge
TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties”
The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …
Here's the longer explanation of why TikTok's service providers helping it run in the US are still technically breaking the law & could face potentially $850 billion in penalties + shareholder lawsuits. Don't hold your breath for TikTok remaining available just yet. www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24... …
The Verge
TikTok's service providers are risking billions in fines for keeping the app online, as Trump's assurances that it's safe to support TikTok are legally flimsy
but the ban hasn't gone away Benedict Collins / TechRadar : Providers hosting TikTok could still face penalties despite extension, experts warn Jamaica Gleaner : US bans TikTok - F...