Social Media News: Meta Settles, Musk Fined, Ofcom on Defence

Meta settled the Breathitt County school addiction bellwether lawsuit — the last of four defendants to do so. A Tech Transparency Project investigation revealed Meta had simultaneously paid hundreds of momfluencers to promote Instagram Teen Accounts as safe. X admitted breaking Australia’s Online Safety Act and paid A$650,000. And incoming Ofcom chair Sir Ian Cheshire told Parliament he would hold the tech bros accountable.