Google responds to lawsuit alleging Gemini coached a man to kill himself
James Farrell / siliconangle - The father of a man who committed suicide after interactions with Google LLC’s Gemini chatbot launched a lawsuit today alleging that Gemini fueled his son’s delusions. Thirty-six-year-old Florida resident Jonathan Gavalas started using Gemini last year fo…
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Instagram Will Notify Parents When Teens Use Search Terms Related to Suicide
Bruce Gil / gizmodo - The new safety feature comes as social media platforms face growing legal pressure over how they affect minors.
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Mark Zuckerberg defends Instagram’s beauty filters and age checks in court
Shannon Carroll / qz - In a bellwether youth-harm trial, the Meta CEO defended Instagram’s design choices as trade-offs, not tactics built to keep teens hooked
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Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trial
techxplore - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, summoned by lawyers representing a plaintiff who alleges Instagram and other platforms were deliberately designed to make young users addicted.
- Families and plaintiffs converge in Los Angeles courtroom (2)
- Landmark legal test: can platform design be held responsible? (3)
- On the stand: Zuckerberg faces grilling from plaintiffs' lawyers (5)
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These are the countries moving to ban social media for children
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.
- Australia's ban: reports show harms for disabled and isolated youth (2)
- Parliamentary push: UK and allies seek age-based social limits (7)
- Platforms and studies: age checks, user exodus, and Meta research (2)
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UK healthtech startup Nul raises $1M to support alcohol reduction efforts
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Nul, a UK-basedhealthtech startup developing a supported alcohol reduction platform thatcombines clinical care and prescription medication, has raised $1 million inseed funding. The round was led by d...
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Arguments to begin in key US social media addiction trial
techxplore - Arguments are set to begin Monday in a landmark US trial that could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children.
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AI gold rush sees tech firms embracing 72-hour weeks
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TikTok told to change 'addictive design' by EU or face massive fines
bbc - TikTok says it plans to challenge the "categorically false and entirely meritless" accusations.
- EU mandates design overhaul (11)
- Heavy fines and legal threats (6)
- Infinite scroll and algorithm issues (2)
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Spain considers social media ban for under-16s, joining others in Europe
techxplore - Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content.
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Snap Settles Social media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of Landmark Trial
BeauHD / slashdot - Snap has settled a social media addiction lawsuit just days before trial, while Meta, TikTok, and Alphabet remain defendants and are headed to court. "Terms of the deal were not announced as it was revealed by lawyers at a California Superior Court hearin…
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Parents can now set limits on YouTube Shorts for teen accounts
mashable - YouTube launches new safety features for teen accounts, including screen time controls for Shorts and age-appropriate algorithm for recommendations.
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New York State will now require warning labels on social media platforms
mashable - New York State will now require warning labels on social media platforms
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OpenAI, Microsoft Face Historic Liability Test in AI-Linked Homicide Suit
Newton Kitonga / parameter - TLDRs; Lawsuit claims ChatGPT intensified paranoia leading to a tragic Connecticut murder–suicide. OpenAI and Microsoft face unprecedented liability over harmful AI-generated responses. Section 230 protections may not apply because ChatGPT created the dis…
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OpenAI Denies Liability in Lawsuit Over Teen’s Death, Says ChatGPT Urged Him to Seek Help Over 100 Times
Rohit Singh / medianama - OpenAI cited Adame Raine's long battle with depression even before using ChatGPT and how he tried to circumvent the guardrails by pretending to be doing research on suicide. The post OpenAI Denies Liability in Lawsuit Over Teen’s Death, Says ChatGPT Urged…
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OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - OpenAI claims that the 16-year-old violated ChatGPT's terms of use.
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Character.AI launches Stories for teens after banning them from chats
Emma Roth / theverge - Character.AI, under threat from several lawsuits over its alleged negative impact on teen mental health, is banning underage users from open-ended chats on its site. Instead, teens will be allowed to use a new “Stories” format that, unlike regular chats, …
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TikTok now rewards teenagers for logging off at night
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - TikTok has launched new digital well-being features and usage badges to improve user mental health and engagement with screen time management tools. The social media platform introduced a redesigned screen time management page. This page features an affir…
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James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead At 97
BeauHD / slashdot - ole_timer shares a report from the New York Times: James D. Watson, who entered the pantheon of science at age 25 when he joined in the discovery of the structure of DNA, one of the most momentous breakthroughs in the history of science, died on Thursday …
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OpenAI says more than a million people a week show severe mental distress when talking to ChatGPT
James Farrell / siliconangle - In a report released by OpenAI today, the company illustrated just how many of its users are struggling with mental health issues and what it’s doing to mitigate the problem. Working with 170 mental health experts, OpenAI analyzed responses from its 800 m…
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