A class action lawsuit filed against Oura claims the company misled consumers about the accuracy of its smart ring's sleep-stage tracking. The suit argues Oura lacks sensors for brain waves, eye movement, and muscle activity needed to properly detect sleep stages, and instead relies on AI guesswork from heart rate, temperature, and breathing data. The named plaintiff, who paid $503 for the ring, says she was overcharged for a device that doesn't deliver the accuracy Oura advertises.
zdnet.com
· 2026-08-27
Meta has settled a lawsuit brought by attorneys general from nearly every US state accusing the company of designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to minors and misleading the public about platform safety. As part of the deal, Meta will pay $18 billion toward child online safety and youth mental health programs while rolling out new teen protections, including a two-hour daily usage cap and blocked access between midnight and 6 a.m.
zdnet.com
· 2026-08-27
Meta has reached an $18 billion settlement with attorneys general from 52 US states, territories and DC over claims it deliberately designed Instagram to be addictive to teenagers. As part of the deal, Meta will fund youth safety programs and roll out new default restrictions for under-18 users across Instagram and Facebook, including a combined two-hour daily time limit and a midnight-to-6am blackout period.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-08-27
Meta has agreed to an $18 billion settlement with 52 attorneys general representing 29 U.S. states over allegations it designed Instagram and Facebook to hook young users. The company admits no wrongdoing but commits to detailed platform changes for minors, with the payout spread across a decade, softening its financial impact given Meta's $200 billion-plus annual revenue.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-26
A lawsuit accuses Twitch and its parent company Amazon of using streamers' broadcasted content to train artificial intelligence systems without proper consent or compensation. The suit claims this practice exploited creators' work for commercial AI development purposes they never agreed to.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-08-23
Connecticut-based streamer Warren Pandiscia has filed a class action lawsuit against Twitch and Amazon, alleging the companies used his streams and videos to train AI models without licensing or consent. The suit follows Twitch's recent rollout of an opt-out (rather than opt-in) setting for AI training use of channel content, with a Twitch executive admitting few users would opt in if given the choice upfront.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-23
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