Barbara Ortutay

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  • zuckLaw

    20-year-old claiming social media addiction in landmark trial says she was on it ‘all day long’ as a child. Meta brings up abusive environment

    By Kaitlyn Huamani, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • instagramLaw

    As Meta battles addiction claims in court, Instagram says it will start notifying parents of kids searching for suicide or self-harm

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • zuckLaw

    Big tech’s tobacco or opioid moment? ‘Reckoning’ seen in swirl of social media addiction trials

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)Big Tech

    Zuckerberg on whether addictive things get used more: ‘I’m not sure what to say to that’

    By Kaitlyn Huamani, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • bytedanceAI

    Top Hollywood screenwriter warns TikTok’s new tool is at the gates: ‘I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us’

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • mosseriLaw

    Instagram chief grilled over his previous use of ‘addiction’ to describe smartphones

    By Kaitlyn Huamani, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • addictionLaw

    Google lawyer on YouTube: ‘It’s not social media addiction when it’s not social media and it’s not an addiction’

    By Kaitlyn Huamani, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • NEW YORK, NY – MAY 30: Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s “Today” Citi Concert Series at Rockefeller Plaza on May 30, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by NDZ/Star Max/GC Images) *** Local Caption ***Savannah GuthrieCybersecurity

    In the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, AI deepfakes add to the mystery

    By Barbara Ortutay, Ed White, and others
  • phonesBig Tech

    Instagram, TikTok, YouTube finally face day in court over whether they peddle addictive products to kids

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • TikTokCybersecurity

    TikTok agrees U.S. joint venture deal with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • OpenAILaw

    OpenAI, Microsoft face wrongful death lawsuit over ‘paranoid delusions’ that led former tech worker into murder-suicide

    By Dave Collins, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • TrumpPolitics

    Elon Musk might have just accidentally revealed that a lot of MAGA influencers are based in South Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergLaw

    Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, won’t have to break up WhatsApp, Instagram

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • OpenAIAI

    OpenAI accused of ‘consistent and dangerous pattern’ rushing product to market that is ‘inherently unsafe or lacking in needed guardrails’

    By Barbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Altman and tech leaders from Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and CoreWeave testified about the global artificial intelligence race and how the United States can remain competitive.AI

    He was 17 and asked ChatGPT for help. It allegedly told him how to die instead

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press