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12:00 PM ET, March 26, 2026

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Back-to-back jury verdicts against Meta could spur a flood of litigation against social media companies and threaten to undermine Section 230 protections  —  Social-media giants confront existential dilemma as a flood of litigation challenges their product designs
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Social media addiction trial: a Los Angeles jury finds Meta and YouTube were negligent and failed to warn users about the dangers of using their platforms  —  A jury has reached a verdict in a major trial involving Meta and Google that could have repercussions across social media and the broader technology market.
New York Times:
A jury in the Los Angeles social media trial awards the plaintiff $3M in compensatory damages and $3M in punitive damages; Meta will pay $4.2M and YouTube $1.8M  —  A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
A US federal judge dismisses X's antitrust lawsuit that accused the World Federation of Advertisers and a group of major companies of illegally boycotting X  —  A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed X Corp's antitrust lawsuit that accused the World Federation of Advertisers and a group …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
ByteDance launches its Dreamina Seedance 2.0 audio and video model in its CapCut editing platform, supporting clips up to 15 seconds across six aspect ratios  —  OpenAI may be dialing back its efforts in the video generation market with the shutdown of its Sora app, but ByteDance …
Discussion: Digital Journal
Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal:
Bertelsmann, owner of Penguin Random House, RTL, and BMG, reports 2025 after-tax profit of €1.01B, down from €1.04B in 2024, and revenue flat YoY at €18.96B  —  With the acquisition of Sky Deutschland revenues would reach approximately €21 billion in the 2026 financial year, CEO Thomas Rabe says
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
In its 2026-2027 plan, the BBC says it plans to cut its cost base by 10%, suggesting cuts worth up to £600M, and increase content spend by £180M to £2.7B  —  The BBC has sounded the alarm about potentially significant content cuts. … The BBC has only defined the savings figure …
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Local News Initiative:
A podcast transcript with Steve Grove, the Minnesota Star Tribune CEO and publisher and an ex-Google executive, and Tim Franklin, on retaining readers and more  —  In the inaugural episode of the Medill State of Local News Podcast, host Tim Franklin—Professor, John M. Mutz Chair in Local News …
 
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Zoya Sheftalovich / Politico:
Internal email: Politico reviewed security after an off-the-record call between a reporter and an EU official was apparently intercepted and posted to YouTube
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Reddit says it will label automated accounts that are providing a service to users and will require accounts suspected of being bots to verify if they are human
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google launches Lyria 3 Pro, a music generation model with better creative control and that lets users create three-minute tracks, up from Lyria 3's 30 seconds
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules unanimously that Cox could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online, after music labels sued the internet provider in 2018
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says X will “pause” new creator monetization rules that would base payouts on engagement from a user's local audiences, after criticism from creators
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
The BBC names ex-Google executive Matt Brittin as its next director general, replacing Tim Davie, as the BBC negotiates its funding; Brittin left Google in 2025
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: John Ternus gets ready to put his firm imprint on Apple's industrial design team, which has lost a true seat at Apple's exec table over the past decade

Wall Street Journal:
Investigation: Polymarket is paying creators to make deceptive videos about winning bets, targeting users in the US, where its primary crypto platform is banned

Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Tencent starts testing the new Xiaowei AI assistant powered by WeLM and DeepSeek models in its WeChat app in China, in an effort to catch up in the AI race
 
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