A jury in Los Angeles found Meta and YouTube negligent in a trial over social media addiction, ordering them to pay $6 million in damages to a woman who claimed harm from their addictive features as a child. This landmark case is the first of many where plaintiffs argue social media platforms harmed minors due to their design.

X is updating its revenue-sharing policy to prioritize engagement from users’ home regions, aiming to deter accounts pretending to be American. This change comes in response to the discovery of numerous non-American accounts posting US-focused content. The new policy will reward content that resonates with local audiences, promoting a more diverse and authentic online community on X.

The city of Baltimore has taken legal action against xAI, alleging that the company’s AI chatbot, Grok, was marketed without disclosing the risks associated with its image generation tool. The lawsuit argues that xAI violated the city’s Consumer Protection Ordinance by exposing users to harm through the Grok platform and the X social network.