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Lawsuit Trial against Social media companies begins in Los Angeles

February 9, 2026 World Justice News 0

Social media is on trial in Los Angeles. What happens next could change the way they operate. Inside LA’s superior court, a landmark trial is getting under way. Social media companies are being accused of […]

Australian man charged with child abuse, after police allege 459 victims groomed online

February 5, 2026 World Justice News 0

An Australian man has been charged with child abuse-related offences after an investigation uncovered more than 23,000 videos and images linked to 459 victims, some as young as seven. Queensland Police said a 27-year-old suspect, […]

Mali lawmaker jailed in Ivory Coast for insulting president

February 1, 2026 World Justice News 0

A Malian lawmaker has been jailed in neighbouring Ivory Coast for three years for insulting the 84-year-old Ivorian leader, who recently won a fourth term in office. Mamadou Hawa Gassama, who serves in the transitional […]

Tech giants face landmark trial over social media addiction claims

January 27, 2026 World Justice News 0

A landmark social media addiction trial in which top tech executives are expected to testify begins on Tuesday in California. The plaintiff, a 19-year-old woman identified by the initials KGM, alleges the design of the […]

Social media ban for children being considered by UK government

January 20, 2026 World Justice News 0

Ministers are launching a consultation on banning under-16s from social media after coming under pressure from dozens of their own backbench MPs. After initially opposing such a ban, the government’s position softened in recent days, […]

Trial starts of man accused of inciting teenagers to harm themselves online

January 10, 2026 World Justice News 0

A 21-year-old man has gone on trial in Hamburg, charged with committing multiple crimes online, including coercing a 13-year-old to die by suicide on the internet. The man, who used the pseudonym White Tiger, is […]

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 World Justice News 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 World Justice News 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

European Commission fines Elon Musk’s X €120m for breaches of the Digital Services Act

December 8, 2025 World Justice News 0

Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been fined €120m (£105m) by the EU after it found rule breaches had left users vulnerable to scams and manipulation. The European Commission started investigating X under the […]

Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

November 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]