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Meta is closing a loophole in its smart glasses that allowed users to continue recording after covering the LED indicator light, which is meant to alert bystanders when photos or videos are being captured. The update will now automatically stop the camera if the light is covered during recording, addressing privacy concerns about covert recording and harassment by some wearers. Meta is also launching a public awareness campaign about the LED indicator in areas where the glasses are popular.

A lawsuit alleges that Elon Musk's xAI company trained its Grok AI model on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including images of the plaintiff taken when she was a preschooler. The complaint claims xAI used datasets containing known CSAM identified by child protection organizations, and that Grok may also be training on AI-generated CSAM it produces, as the company's terms treat public posts and AI outputs as training data by default. The plaintiff, who has received alerts about her images...

Brazil's government has sued Discord for approximately $97 million, alleging the platform failed to protect children online through inadequate age-verification systems and user safety protections. The lawsuit, filed following a July suicide case linked to the platform, seeks court orders requiring Discord to strengthen parental controls, expand cooperation with law enforcement, and deploy automated content detection tools. Discord responded by calling the government's action "disproportionate...

Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by 52 state attorneys general alleging that Facebook and Instagram were designed with addictive features that harmed young users while the company misled the public about platform safety. Under the settlement, Meta will implement default two-hour daily time limits for users under 18, block nighttime usage, mute most notifications during certain hours, and submit to independent auditing. The settlement represents the largest stat...

Microsoft is testing new privacy controls in Windows 11 that let users manage camera, microphone, and location access for individual desktop apps, rather than using a single device-wide setting. The feature, currently available to Windows Insiders, allows users to review which apps request access to sensitive resources and grant or deny permissions on an app-by-app basis through the Settings menu. This update gives Windows 11 users smartphone-style granular control over app permissions, addre...

A federal judge reduced the legal fees in a Google privacy settlement, though the specific details of the reduction are not provided in the source material. The source material actually describes a separate Facebook/Meta privacy case where plaintiffs' lawyers requested $181 million in fees (25% of a $725 million settlement) related to the Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal. Meta and its law firm Gibson Dunn had previously been sanctioned approximately $925,000 for making the litigation ...

A class-action lawsuit alleges that Twitch and Amazon used millions of streamers' content - including livestreams, videos, chat messages, and images - to train AI models without proper consent or payment. The complaint centers on a "Training for Generative AI" setting that was quietly enabled by default on all creator accounts in early 2025, allowing content collection even from creators who opted out if they appeared in others' streams. The lawsuit seeks to certify a nationwide class, halt t...

A Twitch streamer filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon and Twitch, alleging the companies used creators' streams and videos to train generative AI models without obtaining permission or negotiating licenses. The lawsuit, filed in August 2026, claims Amazon's systems were designed to capture content without the consent of creators whose work was used. Twitch recently introduced an opt-out setting allowing streamers to prevent their content from being used for AI training, though the law...

California and 28 other US states are suing Meta for allegedly violating federal child privacy laws by collecting data on children under 13 without parental permission, and designing addictive products that harm young users. Prosecutors claim Meta "hooks, holds, harvests and hides" by keeping users on platforms to collect their data while concealing the truth from the public. If found liable, Meta could face up to $200 billion in damages and be forced to redesign its products to protect child...

TikTok settled a lawsuit accusing it of designing addictive features that harm children, with the settlement announced just before trial was set to begin in Los Angeles. The case, brought by a 19-year-old plaintiff who claims early platform use led to addiction and mental health issues, alleged that social media companies prioritized profits by embedding features similar to slot machines to maximize youth engagement. Meta and Google will proceed to trial in the landmark case, which could affe...