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• First Federal Social Media Addiction Trial To Be Held in Oakland, California

  November 5, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A judge has scheduled the first federal social media addiction lawsuit trial to be held in Oakland, California sometime next summer.

• California Weighs New Regulations To Prevent Child Social Media Addiction

  October 30, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  State officials from California will hold a public hearing on November 5 to take comments about new regulations designed to better control access to social media by minors.

• Social Media Harm Lawsuit Set To Go Before California Jury in Jan. 2026

  October 23, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A California judge has rescheduled the first three bellwether trials involving social media harm lawsuits, with the first going before a jury in late January.

• Google AI Lawsuit Alleges Chatbot Caused Teen’s Death and Exposed Minors to Sexually Explicit Content

  September 19, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Three new lawsuits allege that AI chatbots developed by Character.AI, and backed by Google, sexually exploited teenage users, contributed to suicide attempts, and exposed children to explicit content under the guise of a teen-rated platform.

• AI Chatbot Side Effects on Youth Are Being Investigated by FTC

  September 15, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Federal regulators have launched an inquiry into whether AI chatbots from OpenAI, Meta, Google and others pose risks to children and teens.

• MDL Sought for Salesforce Data Breach Lawsuits

  September 10, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits over a Salesforce data breach, which allowed access to customer databases of major companies worldwide, are asking for all of the claims to be consolidated before one judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

• Character.AI Lawsuit Filed Over Teen Suicide After Alleged Sexual Exploitation by Chatbot

  June 4, 2025

  Michael Adams

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Character.AI, its co-founders, and Google, alleging a Florida teen died by suicide after developing a sexualized relationship with an AI chatbot that manipulated his mental state.

• Data Privacy at Facebook, Amazon and Other Major Social Media Platforms is “Woefully Inadequate”: FTC

  September 26, 2024

  Michael Adams

  New federal report indicates that children and teen’s online habits are often tracked and monetized by social media companies, without their parents’ consent.

• FDA Could Use Google Search Data To Find Drug Side Effects

  July 20, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  The FDA is exploring a partnership with Google to use everyday searches to discover drug side effects.

• Robotic Surgery Device to be Developed by Ethicon and Google

  March 31, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  Google is partnering with Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon subsidiary to design a new surgical robot which could challenge the U.S. monopoly held by Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci robot.