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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Danielle Abril

Meta faces expensive child safety reckoning

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Mark Zuckerberg arrives to the Los Angeles superior court on 18 February 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Photograph: Jill Connelly/Getty Images

Hello, TechScape readers! Danielle Abril, editor of the Guardian’s Reworked series on AI and the future of work, filling in for Blake Montgomery this week. Major legal battles against Meta over child safety are playing out in courts across the US – and the tech giant is losing. Recent rulings raise big questions about social media companies’ responsibility to their youngest users. Meanwhile, more key executives have jumped ship from Google as it battles OpenAI and Anthropic in the race for AI dominance, and Meta’s smartglasses face a fearsome backlash. Let’s dig in!

Meta latest legal loss piles on the pressure as child safety concerns grow

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