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Mark Zuckerberg Says Instagram Is Valuable, Not Harmful, in Social Media Addiction Trial

Eli Tan / nytimes - Meta’s chief executive said users spent a lot of time on the app because of its value, as he was grilled about child safety issues in front of a jury.


Internal Meta fights: experts overruled, beauty filters, youth safety

Eighteen Experts Said No. Zuckerberg Said Yes.

15 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Buck-passing Zuckerberg ropes Apple into his defense in social media safety trial

15 days / appleinsider

Meta (META) Stock: Zuckerberg Discussed Youth Well-Being With Tim Cook

15 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Mark Zuckerberg overruled 18 wellbeing experts to keep beauty filters on Insta

15 days / ycombinator

Zuckerberg Called Child Safety 'Paternalistic.' This Time, a Jury Heard It.

16 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler


Judge warns: no AI glasses; juror privacy at risk

‘This is very serious’: Judge threatens AI glasses wearers with contempt during Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony

15 days / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Judge warns smart glasses wearers of contempt charges as Zuckerberg testifies in Meta trial

15 days / techspot

Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage have their day in court

15 days / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Mark Zuckerberg Takes the Stand, No Meta Ray-Bans Allowed

16 days / gizmodo / Matt Novak


Wider legal and policy ripple: global bans, bellwether cases

From Paris to New Delhi, the Push to Ban Teens From Social Media Is Going Global

15 days / wsj / Sam Schechner

Social media on trial: tech giants face lawsuits over addiction, safety, and mental health

16 days / theverge / Verge Staff


Zuckerberg defends Instagram as 'useful', denies engagement goals

Zuckerberg Denies Meta Maximized Teen Engagement in Landmark Trial

15 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony

16 days / wired / Miles Klee

Zuckerberg grilled about Meta's strategy to target 'teens' and 'tweens'

16 days / npr / Bobby Allyn

Mark Zuckerberg testifies in social media addiction trial that Meta just wants Instagram to be 'useful'

16 days / engadget / Karissa Bell

Mark Zuckerberg Testifies During Landmark Trial On Social Media Addiction

16 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Mark Zuckerberg in courtroom hot seat over social media dangers

16 days / mashable

Meta CEO testifies in landmark social media addiction trial

16 days / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Mark Zuckerberg Says Instagram Is Valuable, Not Harmful, in Social Media Addiction Trial

16 days / nytimes / Eli Tan

Mark Zuckerberg Grilled on Usage Goals, Underage Users at California Trial

16 days / wsj / Meghan Bobrowsky


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Mark Zuckerberg Takes the Stand, No Meta Ray-Bans Allowed

16 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

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Ring’s AI-powered Search Party won’t stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / theverge - A leaked internal email obtained by 404 Media shows that Ring has bigger plans for its AI-powered neighborhood search capability than just looking for lost dogs. The outlet reports the email, sent last October by founder Jamie Siminoff to all Ring employe…

#ai #cybersecurity #iot #dataprivacy #techpolicy #amazon #aiethics #camera #ring

Amazon’s Ring Super Bowl Ad Sparks Privacy Backlash, Flock Deal Cancelled

15 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Ring cameras may plan to track people using AI, according to leaked emails

15 days / mashable

Apple's Mysterious 'Special Experience' Event, Ring Cancels Flock Partnership, Netflix to Add Vertical Video Soon | Tech Today video

15 days / cnet

Poland bans camera-packing cars made in China cars from military bases

15 days / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Video surveillance startup Vizza raises €30m Series B

15 days / sifted

An internal email from Ring founder Jamie Siminoff reveals that Search Party for Dogs was only ever going to be a first step.

16 days / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

Ring’s AI-powered Search Party won’t stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows www.theverge.com/tech/880906/...

16 days / bsky / @parforthecourse1.bsky.social / parforthecourse1.bsky.social

Ring’s AI-powered Search Party won’t stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows

16 days / theverge / Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs

16 days / reddit / /u/gdelacalle

Leaked Email Shows Dystopian Plan for Ring ‘Search Party’ Feature

16 days / reddit / /u/Large_banana_hammock

WordPress Gets AI Assistant That Can Edit Text, Generate Images and Tweak Your Site

16 days / slashdot / msmash

Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs

16 days / 404media / Jason Koebler

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Hyperliquid Launches Policy Center With $29 Million Backing to Advocate for DeFi in DC

André Beganski / decrypt - The organization is led by industry veteran Jake Chervinsky and backed with $29 million worth of HYPE.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #techpolicy #decentralisation #government #finance #us #regulation #crypto

Hyperliquid Launches Policy Center With $29 Million Backing to Advocate for DeFi in DC

16 days / decrypt / André Beganski

Hyperliquid starts DeFi lobbying group with $29 million token backing

16 days / coindesk / Krisztian Sandor

Are Citations In AI Search Affected By Google Organic Visibility Changes? via @sejournal, @lilyraynyc

16 days / searchenginejournal / Lily Ray

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Tesla Drops 'Autopilot' From California Marketing to Avoid 30-Day Sales Ban, DMV Says

Maria Garcia / implicator - Tesla removed Autopilot from California marketing, settling a DMV case filed in 2021. California accounts for nearly a third of Tesla's U.S. sales.

#techpolicy #selfdriving #cars #government #tesla #law #automotive #ev #advertising #california

Tesla drops 'Autopilot' branding in California after DMV order

16 days / theregister / Richard Speed

Tesla Drops 'Autopilot' From California Marketing to Avoid 30-Day Sales Ban, DMV Says

16 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Tesla stops using 'Autopilot' to promote its EVs in California

16 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Tesla won’t use the term ‘Autopilot’ in California anymore

16 days / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19348 / 4 stories in 16 days


Federal court rules that OpenAI must stop using the term 'Cameo'

Andre Revilla / engadget - Cameo, the platform where celebrities sell short, personalized videos, has scored a preliminary win in a trademark lawsuit against OpenAI. A California judge has ruled that the AI company's video generation tool Sora cannot use the term 'cameo' or any var…

#techpolicy #openai #genai #business #judiciary #us #law #litigation #intellectualproperty

Federal court rules that OpenAI must stop using the term 'Cameo'

16 days / engadget / Andre Revilla

Federal Court orders OpenAI to stop using “Cameo” name in Sora 2

16 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

U.S. court bars OpenAI from using ‘Cameo’

16 days / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19347 / 3 stories in 16 days


NVIDIA Sells Remaining $140 Million Stake in Arm, Keeps Licensing Ties

techpowerup - Once a target of the largest industry acquisition that was halted by market regulators, NVIDIA has officially divested all its holdings in Arm Holdings PLC by selling 1.1 million shares, valued at about $140 million at the time of writing. Importantly, th…

#semiconductors #techpolicy #nvidia #antitrust #business #acquisitions #technology #arm #intellectualproperty

NVIDIA Ends ARM Acquisition Chapter; Debate Emerges Over Future CPU Strategy in the Agentic AI Era

16 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Nvidia sells off final Arm shares, but licensing deals will continue — $140 million stake sold, equating to 1.1 million shares

16 days / tomshardware

Arm shares edge higher in premarket as Nvidia shakes up its AI bets

16 days / cnbc

NVIDIA Sells Remaining $140 Million Stake in Arm, Keeps Licensing Ties

16 days / techpowerup

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: Exits Arm Equity Holding Amid Ongoing AI Collaboration

16 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

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Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trial

techxplore - 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 young users addicted.


Families and plaintiffs converge in Los Angeles courtroom

Mark Zuckerberg is taking the stand as social media goes on trial

16 days / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Zuckerberg to testify in watershed child social media trial

16 days / reddit / /u/tylerthe-theatre


Landmark legal test: can platform design be held responsible?

Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify in a landmark social media addiction trial

16 days / qz / Shannon Carroll

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to face jury in landmark social media addiction trial

16 days / npr / Bobby Allyn

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to face jury in landmark social media addiction trial

16 days / npr / Steve Inskeep


On the stand: Zuckerberg faces grilling from plaintiffs' lawyers

Zuckerberg to testify in social media addiction trial

16 days / bbc

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in LA social media safety trial

16 days / cnbc

Mark Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media trial

16 days / ft

Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trial

16 days / techxplore

Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial

16 days / abcnews


Social and community posts amplifying trial coverage

Meta's Zuckerberg faces questioning at youth addiction trial

16 days / reddit / /u/Nexusyak

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to face jury in landmark social media addiction trial

16 days / reddit / /u/zsreport


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Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before a Los Angeles court on Wed as the billionaire social media chief responds to claims that social media is addictive to children. Social media platforms face legal consequences from claims their products are harmful

16 days / bsky / @robertscotthorton.bsky.social / robertscotthorton.bsky.social

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