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Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday sued Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, on Tuesday, accusing the company of designing the social media app to keep young users compulsively engaged while misleading parents about its safety and age-appropriate content. The lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia County Court, takes aim at features including Snapstreaks, infinite scrolling, push notifications, autoplay and disappearing messages. Pennsylvania alleges the features encourage young people to spend more time on Snapchat, helping the company generate advertising revenue while exposing minors to potential harms. The state alleges Snapchat has millions of users in Pennsylvania, including tens of thousands under 16, while Snap generates millions of dollars in annual revenue from users in the state. Snap's North American operations generated more than $5.3 billion in revenue in 2024, according to the complaint. The lawsuit also targets how Snapchat monetizes engagement. Users can pay to restore an expired Snapstreak, which tracks the number of consecutive days two people have exchanged Snaps. Pennsylvania alleges younger users can feel pressure to maintain streaks because they associate them with the strength of their real-life friendships. GOOGLE'S YOUTUBE REACHES SETTLEMENT IN LAWSUIT ALLEGING CHILD SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday sued Snapchat parent

PENNSYLVANIA (WBNG) -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has filed a lawsuit against Snap, Inc., alleging the company fails to protect children and warn users about the addictive nature of Snapchat. The legal complaint seeks to force the social media giant to implement stronger safety measures and accurately represent its platform in app stores. State prosecutors claim the company lies about the frequency of adult themes like nudity, suicidal ideation and drug abuse to secure an age-appropriate rating. According to the lawsuit, these deceptive practices allow the app to bypass crucial parental controls. “Snapchat has designed its platform to lure children into constant, compulsive use that is detrimental to healthy adolescent development,” Sunday said. “This lawsuit demands that Snapchat finally admit publicly that its platform is highly addictive and that it takes real action to keep kids safe.” Specific features such as disappearing messages and SnapStreaks are designed to encourage compulsive use among teenagers. Pew Research Center data indicates that roughly half of teens use the platform daily, with thirteen percent online almost constantly. The litigation follows a similar lawsuit filed against TikTok earlier this month as part of an ongoing campaign to safeguard youth from digital harms. Sunday emphasized

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The Democratic candidate for Senate in the swing state of Michigan has spent the week trying to keep his affordability message front and center as scrutiny mounts from both ends of the political spectrum. In the span of two days, Abdul El-Sayed distanced himself from leftwing streamer Hasan Piker, spoke out against rightwing hate directed at the Muslim community, and debated Fox News host Jesse Watters on taxing billionaires. The clip circulating most from the Fox interview, though, focused on circumcision - specifically, El-Sayed asking Watters whether he circumcised, in a retort to Watters’ question about gender-affirming care. In each instance, El-Sayed tried relentlessly to stay on message. On Fox, he called opponent Mike Rogers a “beta” and took a jab at Pete Hegseth in a response to a question about the federal deficit, saying Watters didn’t seem concerned that the defense secretary, “the guy who used to work on your channel”, wanted to increase the military budget to $1.5tn. “Why, so we could fight a war we don’t know how to get out of, to raise our gas prices $5 a gallon?” El-Sayed said. At a press conference condemning Islamaphobic agitator and January 6 rioter Jake Lang on Tuesday

Meta says US WhatsApp privacy suit still fails to show access to encrypted messages ( August 26, 2026, 00:03 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta and WhatsApp asked a US federal judge to permanently dismiss a proposed class action accusing them of secretly accessing supposedly private WhatsApp messages, arguing that an amended complaint still fails to plausibly show the companies can read encrypted communications or use messages beyond the limited circumstances they disclose to users.Motion attached.... Prepare for tomorrow’s regulatory change, today MLex identifies risk to business wherever it emerges, with specialist reporters across the globe providing exclusive news and deep-dive analysis on the proposals, probes, enforcement actions and rulings that matter to your organization and clients, now and in the longer term. Know what others in the room don’t, with features including: Daily newsletters for Antitrust, M&A, Trade, Data Privacy & Security, Technology, AI and more Custom alerts on specific filters including geographies, industries, topics and companies to suit your practice needs Predictive analysis from expert journalists across North America, the UK and Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific Curated case files bringing together news, analysis and source documents in a single timeline Experience MLex today with a 14-day

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WhatsApp announced Tuesday that it has two new security features to help prevent accounts from being hacked — upgrading PINs to passwords and allowing users to add more passkeys. The Meta-owned app also announced that when you receive calls from someone outside your contact list, you’ll get more information and context about the caller, such as whether the phone number is originating from another country. WhatsApp did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The security features come on the heels of other privacy-centered tools implemented in recent months, including a Scam Alert tool to flag incoming scam messages. In late June, the company said it would allow people to create usernames so their phone numbers would not be visible. WhatsApp, launched in 2009, is by far the world’s most widely used messaging app, with more than 2 billion active users. Next on the list are Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Telegram. Opt for passwords over PINs Since early 2017, WhatsApp users have used a six-digit PIN, either when installing the app on a new device or verifying their account phone numbers. Now, the company is letting you upgrade your PINs to passwords, which can consist of numbers, letters and

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Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram at Meta Platforms Inc., arrives at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & US Courthouse in Oakland, California, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified on Tuesday during a social media addiction trial that he doesn't direct employees to withhold information from him that could pose potential legal liabilities. "I'm not trying to encourage my team to hide anything," Mosseri said, in his first day of testimony at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California. He was responding to questioning from trial attorney Jason Slothouber with the Colorado Attorney General's office. Slothouber asked Mosseri if he was aware that Meta attorneys may have asked the company's internal staff not to share information related to safety research for kids under 13 and teen mental health concerns. Mosseri said he "wouldn't be surprised" if Meta lawyers reviewed child-related safety research for complicated legal and policy reasons, but would be taken aback if the motivations for doing so were to provide cover in case of potential litigation and to mislead the public. Opening arguments started last week in the landmark trial against Meta that's being co-led by California