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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves court last month after testifying in the case.

Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial

A jury finds the tech giants were negligent in the design of their apps and failed to warn about their dangers.

  • Dawn Chmielewski, Courtney Rozen, Kaitlyn Huamani and Barbara Ortutay

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Mark Zuckerberg arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court ion Wednesday to give evidence in a landmark trial over social media addiction.

If we’re serious about social cohesion, these big tech hate machines must be reined in

The social media feeds that once connected us are now driving us apart. We must regain control from big tech’s greedy and reckless algorithms.

  • Chanel Contos
Cristina and her daughter Ariel.

‘Tech bros have stolen my family’: Sydney household debates social media ban

Things get real when Hamish, Cristina, Ariel and Elena De Souza-Bell chat about the social media ban and how it will impact all of them.

  • Kayla Olaya
Sydney students react to social media ban.

‘No one wants it’: Sydney teens unite against social media ban

Teenagers across Sydney have revealed what they think about the impending social media ban.

  • Kayla Olaya
Teens may be upset that something they like is being taken away, but with some help they may find there are plenty of alternatives to TikTok and Instagram.

Social media ban 101: How to stop your kid getting around it and other tips

What you need to know, and what you can do.

  • Tim Biggs
Danni Rowlands said her daughter Winnie made a PowerPoint presentation to make a case to go on Snapchat.

Life without social media is coming. Here’s how to help teens (minus the eye-roll)

The social media ban is coming, causing concern among parents and children as they grapple with a leaner online landscape. Here is how experts in the field are talking to their kids about it.

  • Kimberly Gillan
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Messages Meta will send to account holders it suspects are under 16 before the social media ban starts on December 10.

Shut it down: The sites already policing the world’s first social media ban

New underage users on Facebook and Instagram will be banned, and children attempting to alter their age before December 10 will have to verify their age.

  • Nick Newling
News bargaining.

Trump meeting over, Albanese government reboots plans to make tech giants pay for journalism

Tech companies will be forced to give a portion of their domestic revenue – about 1.5 per cent – to local media companies, or pay a higher amount in financial penalties.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Wall Street’s bull rally has at least been interrupted.

The AI spending frenzy is giving investors anxiety

While Wall Street bankers think there could be a 10 to 20 per cent market correction, one of the world’s most famous investors bets on something more traumatic.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett says “crimefluencers” are targeting young girls over online platforms.

‘Sadistic’ online gangs hunting Australian girls like a video game, AFP chief warns

Tech giants have fronted a Senate inquiry, and confirmed their intentions to boot under-16s off their platforms on December 10.

  • Matthew Knott and Nick Newling