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Klarna faced a securities class action lawsuit (Nayak v. Klarna Group) alleging the company's September 2025 IPO documents were misleading by understating credit risks from lending to financially unsophisticated customers at high interest rates. When Q3 2025 results showed a 102% year-over-year increase in credit loss provisions, shares fell about 20% below IPO price.

In December 2025, families of Levi Maciejewski (13, Pennsylvania, died 2024) and Murray Downey (16, Scotland, died 2023) sued Meta alleging Instagram's design enabled sextortion schemes targeting teens. The lawsuit cited an internal 2022 audit that allegedly found Instagram's 'Accounts You May Follow' feature recommended 1.4 million potentially inappropriate adults to teenage users in a single day. Instagram's default public privacy settings for teens were not changed to private until 2024, despite Meta claiming the change was made in 2021.

In December 2025, a US federal court certified a nationwide class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster, representing millions of consumers who paid allegedly inflated service fees. The class certification enables billions of dollars in potential damages claims. The lawsuit alleges Ticketmaster exploited its monopoly position to charge supracompetitive fees that would not exist in a competitive ticketing market.

Since 2020, Coinbase has published annual transparency reports detailing government and law enforcement requests for customer information. The 2025 report (covering October 2024-September 2025) disclosed 12,716 requests, a 19% increase year-over-year, with approximately 53% from outside the United States. The reports provide customers with data about requests received and offer insight into global law enforcement and regulatory trends around the world.

In December 2025, NHS Confederation and Limbic launched a partnership to explore responsible AI adoption in mental health services. Limbic's AI is used by 500,000+ patients across 45% of NHS England regions. The company achieved Class IIa medical device certification - the only mental health AI chatbot to do so in the UK.

NHS services using Limbic's AI recorded significant improvements in accessibility for underrepresented groups. Non-binary patient referrals increased 179% and ethnic minority referrals increased 29%. The AI can classify mental health disorders with 93% accuracy and saved 430 weeks of patient waiting time within one month across four IAPTs.

New York Times reported senior Anthropic employees discussing ways company could spend money to influence politics, with executives likely donating to new political network helmed by former Rep. Brad Carson (D-OK). As government contractor, Anthropic is legally barred from contributing to political campaigns.

Anthropic published 'RSP Noncompliance and Anti-Retaliation Policy' outlining how employees can report suspected RSP violations. First frontier AI company to publicly commit to ongoing monitoring and reporting on whistleblowing system - achieving 'Level 2 Whistleblowing Transparency.'

Gebru has consistently called out tech executives who pivot to AI safety narratives after building potentially harmful technologies. In December 2025, she urged the public to question such rebrandings, arguing that the AI safety discourse is being co-opted by the same actors who created the problems, diverting attention from concrete harms to speculative existential risks.

In December 2025, Instacart agreed to pay $60 million in customer refunds to settle FTC allegations of deceptive practices. The FTC accused Instacart of falsely advertising free deliveries while not clearly disclosing service fees. Separately, a Consumer Reports investigation found Instacart was running AI-enabled pricing experiments that charged different customers different prices for identical products - sometimes varying by as much as 23%. After the investigation, Instacart immediately ended all item price tests.

Ted Sarandos cultivated relationship with Trump administration through multiple meetings. He dined at Mar-a-Lago in late 2024 and met Trump in the Oval Office for over an hour in November 2025. The meetings occurred as Netflix pursued an $82.7 billion Warner Bros. acquisition requiring regulatory approval. Trump called Sarandos 'fantastic' and 'a great person.'

In November 2025, Paystack suspended and then terminated co-founder and CTO Ezra Olubi following allegations of sexual misconduct involving a subordinate that circulated on social media. Olubi claimed he was fired 'before the supposed investigation was concluded, and without any meeting, hearing, or opportunity to respond.' The company stated: 'As a regulated company, we have a responsibility to act quickly when conduct has the potential to undermine trust.' One investor said the scandals make it 'harder for entrepreneurs building companies and VCs trying to raise funds.'

In November 2025, Meta's board of directors settled a shareholder derivative lawsuit for $190 million. Shareholders alleged that board members failed to properly oversee compliance with a 2012 FTC consent decree on user privacy, and that they improperly agreed to the $5 billion 2019 FTC settlement specifically to shield Mark Zuckerberg from personal liability. The suit highlighted undisclosed conflicts of interest among board members, including allegations that Marc Andreessen provided Zuckerberg strategic advice during board negotiations over a stock restructuring.

Larry Summers resigned from OpenAI's board on November 19, 2025, after Congress released documents revealing frequent email communications with Jeffrey Epstein in 2017, 2018, and 2019. In emails, Summers sought Epstein's advice on personal matters, with Epstein describing himself as a 'wing man.' Summers also resigned from Harvard, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Santander's advisory board. He stated he was 'deeply ashamed' of his actions.

Chief Judge James Boasberg ruled after a six-week bench trial that the FTC failed to prove Meta unlawfully monopolized 'personal social networking.' The court found TikTok and YouTube are legitimate competitors, noting Americans spend only 17% of time on Facebook viewing friends' content. The ruling was the most decisive government loss in any major Big Tech antitrust case. The FTC appealed in January 2026.

In 60 Minutes interview, Amodei stated: 'I think I'm deeply uncomfortable with these decisions being made by a few companies, by a few people. And this is one reason why I've always advocated for responsible and thoughtful regulation of the technology.' When asked 'who elected you and Sam Altman?' responded 'No one, no one.'

Sam Altman backed Preventive, a startup aiming to 'correct devastating genetic conditions' before birth through gene editing. The company explored conducting early-stage research in nations with more permissive regulations, with reports indicating the UAE as a possible location. Human embryo editing is currently illegal in the US, UK, and many other countries. Critics warned the project raises profound ethical dilemmas about designer babies, genetic equity, and circumventing regulatory safeguards.

In November 2025, Apple confirmed it removed popular gay dating apps Blued and Finka from its Chinese iOS Store following an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China. This continued Apple's pattern of complying with authoritarian censorship demands, following 2024 removals of WhatsApp and Instagram from China.

Reuters obtained internal Meta documents showing the company displayed approximately 15 billion 'higher risk' scam advertisements per day, generating an estimated $16 billion annually (10% of revenue). Documents revealed Meta set 'revenue guardrails' limiting fraud enforcement to 0.15% of revenue (~$135M), and executives proposed focusing fraud control only on countries with imminent regulatory action. Internal documents showed Meta was involved in 1 in 3 U.S. frauds. Meta also developed a 'playbook' to manage regulatory perception of scam ads.

In November 2025, Rockstar North fired over 31 employees in Edinburgh and Dundee, all active members of the IWGB union. Over 200 Rockstar employees signed an open letter demanding reinstatement. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed the firings were for 'gross misconduct' related to alleged leaks, not union activity. The IWGB filed legal claims alleging 'victimisation and collective dismissal.' UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called it 'deeply concerning' and ordered ministers to investigate whether Rockstar broke employment and trade union laws.

In November 2025, IBM announced plans to cut thousands of roles during Q4, described as a 'low single-digit percentage' of its 270,000-person global workforce (potentially 2,700-8,100 jobs). Insiders reported the target headcount reduction was about 45% within IBM's US infrastructure group. This followed earlier rounds in 2024 affecting marketing, communications, and other departments. The company said US headcount would remain flat year-over-year.

Wales publicly criticized the Wikipedia article on the Gaza genocide, calling it 'one of the worst Wikipedia entries I've seen in a very long time' for stating 'in Wikipedia's voice, that Israel is committing genocide, although that claim is highly contested.' He called it a violation of NPOV (Neutral Point of View) policy requiring immediate correction.

In November 2025, Anthropic partnered with the Department of Energy and the Trump Administration on the Genesis Mission, combining DOE's scientific assets with Anthropic's AI capabilities to support American energy dominance and accelerate scientific productivity.

As co-leader of DOGE, Musk engineered the largest peacetime federal workforce reduction on record. Federal rolls fell by over 270,000 workers, with government payroll down 9% (from 3.015 million to 2.744 million). Methods included: 'Fork in the Road' deferred resignation program (75,000 accepted), mass firing of 200,000 probationary employees, and 17,000 reduction-in-force terminations. OMB Director Russell Vought stated the goal was for bureaucrats to be 'traumatically affected' and 'wake up in the morning not wanting to go to work.'

At Nvidia's November 2025 GTC conference, Jensen Huang gave 'a shout-out for Secretary Chris Wright' (a climate denier) and advocated for gas, coal, and oil to power AI data centers. Huang praised Trump's energy policy for allowing AI scaling and used language like 'Make America rich again.' Observers called the tone 'devotional' to Trump.

In November 2025, NSO Group named David Friedman, Trump's former ambassador to Israel, as Executive Chairman. This followed an October 2025 acquisition by U.S.-based investors led by film producer Robert Simonds. The appointment raises concerns about NSO's potential re-entry into U.S. markets after being placed on the Entity List.

In November 2025, former partner Michelle Ritter filed a lawsuit against Eric Schmidt alleging sexual assault, physical abuse, and digital surveillance. The lawsuit claims Schmidt raped her on a yacht in November 2021 and at Burning Man 2023, photographed her without consent while nude, physically shoved her leaving bruises, and used a 'backdoor' to spy on employees. Ritter is seeking at least $100 million in damages. Schmidt's attorney called the claims 'false and defamatory' and part of a business dispute. The case follows a December 2024 domestic violence restraining order that was withdrawn after a financial settlement.

As of November 2025, Anthropic has not reported carbon emissions figures (no Scope 1, 2, or 3 data), published sustainability reports, or committed to climate goals through major frameworks. OpenAI and Anthropic present the starkest transparency gap among frontier AI companies.

In October 2025, the newly merged VodafoneThree entity informed staff that planning and optimization jobs in its UK Network Development division would be offshored to India under new contracts with Ericsson and Nokia. Permanent staff were told they were 'at risk of redundancy' and employment protections wouldn't apply. Employees noted 'the merger was supposed to create jobs for the UK.' This is part of Vodafone's broader plan to cut 55,000 jobs by 2030.

In October 2025, Jensen Huang confirmed NVIDIA is donating to Trump's White House ballroom project, calling it 'a historic and national monument.' He also attended a $1M/person Mar-a-Lago dinner and closed his October 2025 keynote saying 'Thank you for your service in making America great again.'