Facebook and Instagram, which belong to Meta, are adding further news about operations, regulation, safety and taxation of digital services following the July outage. Most recently, Indian Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari filed a lawsuit against Meta and other tech companies, from whom he is seeking damages of 110 million rupees for allegedly defamatory posts on social networks. SITA ↗
At the same time, Meta is facing a long-awaited trial in the US state of Tennessee concerning the impact of social networks on young users. In their opening statements, the state's lawyers argued that the company's own research showed harmful consequences for teenagers, while the company's legal representatives pointed to transparency. The Guardian ↗
The broader regulatory pressure also includes a plan to ban social networks for children and adolescents under 14, the details of which were presented by the government on Monday. Platforms that violate the rules are to face fines of up to six percent of their global annual turnover. Der Standard ↗
In addition, Meta is planning a significant overhaul of Facebook, which is to become more similar in format to TikTok. After launching the app, instead of the classic news feed, a full-screen video is to be displayed, and the service is meant to offer users a more visual, video-oriented experience. Der Standard ↗
The company is also addressing privacy issues concerning smart glasses, and according to earlier reports, it is set to block users who secretly record videos intended for Instagram. In the United Kingdom, according to a Monday survey by the Fair Tax Foundation, two-thirds of respondents supported an increase in the digital services tax.
Meta faces lawsuit in India as well as dispute over youth safety
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Indický minister žaluje spoločnosť Meta za údajnú očierňovaciu kampaň
SITA
| 14:13 28.07.
Meta disregarded its own research on teen harm, Tennessee lawyers tell jury
The Guardian
| 03:43 28.07.
'This is just the start': India's Gen Z protesters force out a minister, but what next?
BBC News
| 07:59 27.07.
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