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The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced it had referred a complaint against Snap Inc. to the Department of Justice, alleging the social media company’s AI-powered chatbot is harmful to young users. The complaint isn’t public, but the commission made the unusual move of announcing its referral because it determined it’s in the public interest. […]

WASHINGTON  — Thanks to the internet and smartphones, children today have instant access to vast amounts of online pornography, much of it graphic, violent and degrading, Texas state attorneys told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. They urged justices to restore the rules of an earlier era, when X-rated theaters and bookstores had an adults-only policy. Last

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk on Tuesday, alleging failure to timely disclose that he bought more than 5% of Twitter’s stock in 2022 before he took over the social media company. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Washington, accuses Musk — tapped by Trump to co-head a so-called “Department

TAIPEI, Taiwan — TikTok users concerned about a possible ban are finding solace in a strange place. Days ahead of a Supreme Court decision that could determine whether the popular short-video app shuts down starting Sunday, a number of users appear to be turning to an app called RedNote — more commonly known to its majority-Chinese audience

Sonos Chief Executive Patrick Spence is stepping down and leaving the company’s board in a shake-up that comes as the wireless speaker maker tries to win back the trust of its customers. Last year, the Santa Barbara-based company botched the overhaul of its phone app that customers use to control their speakers and other audio

Four years ago, several of California’s most influential tech titans determined that then-President Trump was such a threat to democracy they barred him from posting on their social media platforms. “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Facebook Chief Executive Mark

Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Super Scooper water drop! The most memorable battle scenes exist in the pivot — the moment when all appears to be lost and then, out of nowhere, the cavalry arrives. The fishing boats at Dunkirk. Union reinforcements at Gettysburg. Or, fictionally, the

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded highly skeptical Friday of TikTok’s free-speech defense, signaling they are not likely to strike down the law that could shut down the popular video site the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office. The justices, both conservative and liberal, said Congress was concerned with the Chinese ownership

As L.A. County fires continue to wreak havoc, a fire-tracking app run by a Bay Area nonprofit is gaining popularity. Watch Duty, launched in 2021, combines publicly available maps of fire incidents and evacuation order and warning zones — similar to what can be found on the Cal Fire website — with shelter locations, National

The announcement by Mark Zuckerberg that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, will dramatically overhaul its approach to content moderation on the eve of the second Trump inauguration comes as no surprise. Trump and major social media platforms have been warring for years over perceived anti-conservative bias, including Meta’s decision to shutter