Meta faces expensive child safety reckoning

Source: guardianTech August 11, 2026 · 05:04
Also: Google executives jump ship in race for AI dominanceHello, 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 smart glasses face a fearsome backlash. Let’s dig in!‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ contentThis man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone…

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