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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state. The settlement resolved a pivotal case years in the making that sought to hold the tech giant accountable for the role its platforms played in undermining children’s mental health. The effort targeted features designed to hook young people’s attention. The agreement “institutes real change, real transparency, real protections for children and teens across the country,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. If approved by the court, the deal will stop an avalanche of litigation by states against Meta, although the company still faces lawsuits from individuals and school districts throughout the U.S. For the states, the settlement delivers money for mental-health programs for kids, including after-school or summer activities and digital literacy counselors. Advocates cheered the new protections, including default time limits and the disabling of features such as “like” counts. But “we cannot truly protect all children and teens until these protections are required on every platform and are permanent —

The $18 billion agreement will bring new screen-time limits, blocks on notifications and other changes to how teenagers use Instagram and ...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday is shown during a press conference Tuesday in Harrisburg announcing a lawsuit against the owner of Snapchat, Snap Inc., accusing the social media company of failing to warn users that the platform is addictive and not taking enough action to protect children from compulsive use. Image courtesy Commonwealth Media Services HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Tuesday that he filed a lawsuit against Snap Inc., accusing the social media company of designing its wildly popular Snapchat app to be addictive and failing to protect minors from viewing content suitable for adults. The lawsuit asks that a Philadelphia County judge rule that Snap’s business practices violate Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law and that the company be temporarily and permanently enjoined from continuing the alleged violations. Trending Video Eric Scicchitano Author email Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Trending Recipes

Jevon Thoresen, Board of Directors Jevon Thoresen Jevon Thoresen is a mission-driven executive leader dedicated to advancing economic equity, inclusive employment, and pathways to opportunity. He serves as a Director at the Corporate Coalition of Chicago, where he leads the Workplace Flex Fund and Hire Chicago initiatives and guides the Coalition’s work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and workforce equity – ensuring that workers most at risk of being left behind benefit from emerging technologies. Jevon brings more than two decades of experience transforming talent practices and expanding access to opportunity. During his nine years at LinkedIn, he led global teams responsible for helping employers build more equitable hiring, learning, and development systems. As a leader on LinkedIn’s Equity Product team, he helped shape AI-enabled tools designed to reduce bias and strengthen fair, skills-based pathways for job seekers. A champion for representation and belonging, Jevon co-led LinkedIn’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Council, driving initiatives that helped to triple Black leadership representation, increased Latino leadership representation, and improved overall employee belonging scores. He also oversaw LinkedIn’s partnership with Urban Alliance in Chicago, supporting high school students from under-resourced communities through mentorship, skills development, and college and career readiness programming. Earlier

The University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees has elected five new members: Wei Cai, AM’95, MBA’95; David Foley; Stephanie Rada Zocco, AB’88; Imran Siddiqui, AB’96, AM’96; and Konstantin Sokolov, MBA’05. They began their five-year terms in May 2026. “We are pleased to welcome Wei, David, Stephanie, Imran and Konstantin to the Board,” said David M. Rubenstein, JD’73, chair of the Board of Trustees. “Their distinguished leadership and commitment will help guide the University through this pivotal moment as it embarks on the Chicago Minds campaign.” “This is a remarkable group of individuals,” said President Paul Alivisatos. “I am grateful for their dedication to the University and look forward to all that we, along with their colleagues on the Board, will accomplish together.” Wei Cai recently retired as a partner and global vice chairman of investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, where he also served as co-head of China and co-head of China investment banking. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Cai served as vice chairman of Asia Investment Banking and co-head of China at UBS, and as managing director and head of Asia General Industrials at Morgan Stanley. He was previously a managing director at FountainVest Partners, a China-based private equity fund. Cai

“Operation Bluebird, Inc. picked up the name X Corp. walked away from and is rebuilding it on trust, in your browser at twitter.now,” it states prominently on its website. “We are not X, and we are not affiliated with X Corp.” Neither the X Corporation, nor Elon Musk, nor Andrew Mayo, one of X’s attorneys, immediately responded to Ars’ request for comment. Twitter.now, still in its nascent stage, only has hundreds of users for the time being. The social media network looks and feels much like the Twitter of old and many of its offshoots—it has replies and retweets. Fact-checking feature A new and notable feature is the automated fact-checking tool, a Gemini-based “veracity engine for real-time analysis” (“Vera” for short), which runs on every tweet. Vera in action. Vera in action. Coates has been testing Vera in recent days by posting obviously false messages, like “George Washington was our second president.” “Our first goal is to see if we can truly bring back a town square that’s safer and less harmful,” he said. “We say freedom of speech and not freedom of reach. We want people to say what they want, but we also want to create a platform

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Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has announced that it has appointed Amanda Bryden as Director of Distribution and Incoming Managing Director of Accord Mortgages. Bryden brings more than 25 years of mortgage and intermediary leadership experience, most recently with Lloyds Banking Group. She has also held senior roles at HSBC, Santander and Coventry Building Society. Jeremy Duncombe, who has led Accord since 2018, will work closely with Amanda to support a smooth transition before retiring at the end of 2026. Duncombe announced he would retire earlier this year to consider portfolio opportunities. YBS managing director of homes Tom Simpson said “Attracting a leader of Amanda’s standing and experience is a clear statement of our intent. She will build on the strong foundations created by Jeremy and the Accord team, bringing deep intermediary experience and a clear mandate to grow while remaining true to what brokers value most.”