YouTube says brief outage fixed
YouTube said late Tuesday it had fixed a widespread outage that hit hundreds of thousands of users around the world.
Feb 18, 2026
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Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trial
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, summoned by lawyers representing a plaintiff who alleges Instagram and other platforms were deliberately designed to make ...
Feb 18, 2026
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A new wave of romance scams is washing across the internet—here's how to stay safe
Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft—the scammers go after your heart, and then your wallet.
Feb 11, 2026
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Instagram boss to testify at social media addiction trial
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri is to be called to testify Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom by lawyers out to prove social media is dangerously addictive by design to young, vulnerable minds.
Feb 11, 2026
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OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI has begun placing ads in the basic versions of its ChatGPT chatbot, a bet that users will not mind the interruptions as the company seeks revenue as its costs soar.
Feb 10, 2026
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Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at landmark US trial
Meta and Google-owned YouTube were accused Monday of pushing highly addictive apps on children as a landmark social media trial began in earnest in a California court.
Feb 10, 2026
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YouTube rejects addiction claims in landmark social media trial
YouTube's legal team insisted Tuesday that the Google-owned video platform was not intentionally addictive or even technically social media, on the second day of a landmark U.S. trial targeting tech giants.
Feb 10, 2026
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Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdown
Messaging platform Discord announced Monday it will implement enhanced safety features for teenage users globally, including facial recognition, joining a wave of social media companies rolling out age verification systems.
Feb 9, 2026
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Countries using internet blackouts to boost censorship: Proton
As countries step up their use of internet shutdowns to muzzle dissent, some are also taking advantage of the blackouts to increase censorship firewalls, internet privacy company Proton warned in an interview with AFP.
Feb 5, 2026
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Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes
As deepfake videos of John Mearsheimer multiplied across YouTube, the American academic rushed to have them taken down, embarking on a grueling fight that laid bare the challenges of combating AI-driven impersonation.
Feb 4, 2026
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