NPR's A Martinez speaks with former Meta researcher and whistleblower Jason Sattizahn about the efficacy of Meta's new teen safety features.

2026 has already brought a wave of setbacks for social media giants as pressure grows on Big Tech from regulators and lawmakers around the world.

Meta agreed to change Instagram and Facebook to make the apps safer for minors and is calling on other social media companies to do the same.

In addition to paying $17 billion, the company will also put new guardrails on its platforms.

Artificial intelligence, Gates says, “will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice.”

Meta has settled with a bipartisan coalition of states that sued the platform for intentionally addicting teens on Facebook and Instagram.

The social media giant also agreed to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook.

The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks.

As the number of data centers across the U.S. continues to increase, so does public opposition to them.

The outage is adding to concerns from some residents of Hobart, Indiana, about a planned Amazon data center that would rely on power from the local utility company.