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AI Needs Permission
Publishers, social media, and gaming companies have exploited user data. Regulations have failed to protect consumers and publishers.
What is needed is explicit permission.
10,000+
Claims & filings tracked across every major platform and AI company — from family suits to state AG actions.
Who's being sued
By platform & company
what's at stake
By issue area
Child Safety
Addictive design, sextortion, CSAM, and AI companions accused of pushing kids toward self-harm.
Privacy & Data
COPPA violations, biometric collection, and the harvesting of children’s and families’ data.
AI & Copyright
Training models on creative work, news, and personal content without consent or permission.
Consumer Protection
Deceptive safety claims and unfair practices that mislead parents about how platforms protect kids.
The full docket
Every case, searchable.
DC AG Schwalb v. Meta Platforms Inc.
Attorney general action against Meta Platforms Inc. concerning alleged harms to children and teens from its social media platforms.
See court filing: https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/2023.10.24%20DC-Meta%20Draft%20Complaint%20Public%20%281%29.pdf
Delaware AG Jennings — State of Arizona et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc.
Attorney general action against Meta Platforms Inc. concerning alleged harms to children and teens from its social media platforms.
See court filing: https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2023/10/23.10.24-Doc.-1-Complaint-People-v.-Meta-23cv05448.pdf
Connecticut AG Tong — State of Arizona et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc.
Attorney general action against Meta Platforms Inc. concerning alleged harms to children and teens from its social media platforms.
See court filing: https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2023/10/23.10.24-Doc.-1-Complaint-People-v.-Meta-23cv05448.pdf
Colorado AG Weiser — State of Arizona et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc.
Attorney general action against Meta Platforms Inc. concerning alleged harms to children and teens from its social media platforms.
See court filing: https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2023/10/23.10.24-Doc.-1-Complaint-People-v.-Meta-23cv05448.pdf
California AG Bonta — State of Arizona et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc.
Attorney general action against Meta Platforms Inc. concerning alleged harms to children and teens from its social media platforms.
See court filing: https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2023/10/23.10.24-Doc.-1-Complaint-People-v.-Meta-23cv05448.pdf
Arizona AG Mayes — State of Arizona et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc.
Attorney general action against Meta Platforms Inc. concerning alleged harms to children and teens from its social media platforms.
See court filing: https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2023/10/23.10.24-Doc.-1-Complaint-People-v.-Meta-23cv05448.pdf
Jodi Picoult v. OpenAI
Jodi Picoult joins other authors in accusing OpenAI of training ChatGPT on their copyrighted novels.
See court filing: https://www.classaction.org/media/authors-guild-et-al-v-openai-inc-et-al.pdf
Authors Guild v. OpenAI
George R.R. Martin, John Grisham, and other authors accuse OpenAI of pirating their novels to train ChatGPT.
See court filing: https://tcpaworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/OpenAI-George-R.R.-Martin.pdf
Chabon v. Meta
Michael Chabon and other authors accuse Meta of using pirated books to train Llama.
See court filing: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.418057/gov.uscourts.cand.418057.1.0.pdf
A.T. v. OpenAI
Class action accuses OpenAI of scraping personal data of millions, including children, to train ChatGPT.
See court filing: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.417880/gov.uscourts.cand.417880.1.0_1.pdf
J.L. v. Alphabet
Class action accuses Google of scraping personal data of hundreds of millions of users to train its AI.
See court filing: https://www.classaction.org/media/jl-et-al-v-alphabet-inc-et-al.pdf
Silverman v. OpenAI & Meta
Sarah Silverman and other authors accuse OpenAI and Meta of training AI on pirated copies of their books.
See court filing: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/silverman-v-openai-complaint.pdf
Tremblay & Awad v. OpenAI
Novelists Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad accuse OpenAI of copying their books to train ChatGPT.
See court filing: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.414822/gov.uscourts.cand.414822.1.0_1.pdf
P.M. v. OpenAI
Class action accuses OpenAI of harvesting personal data from the open web without notice or consent.
See court filing: https://sunsteinwebdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/images/PM-v.-openAI-complaint.pdf
Walters v. OpenAI
Radio host sued OpenAI for defamation after ChatGPT falsely accused him of embezzlement.
See court filing: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Mark-Walters-v-OpenAI-23-A-04860-2-6-5-2023.pdf
Peirce v. Photobucket
Users accuse Photobucket of selling their personal photos to AI companies for biometric training data.
See court filing: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cod.239485/gov.uscourts.cod.239485.1.0.pdf
U.S. v. Amazon (Alexa COPPA)
DOJ and FTC accused Amazon of keeping children's Alexa voice recordings and locations for years; settled for $25M.
See court filing: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/Amazon-Complaint-%28Dkt.1%29.pdf
FTC v. Ring
FTC accused Ring of letting employees and hackers access customer video feeds; settled for $5.8M.
See court filing: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/proposed_stipulated_order_ring.pdf
Lehrman v. LOVO
Voice actors accuse LOVO of cloning their voices without consent and reselling them as AI voice products.
See court filing: https://static.pollockcohen.com/docs/2024.05.16-Lehrman-v-LOVO-complaint-Final.pdf
Vermont AG Clark v. Meta Platforms Inc.
Attorney general action against Meta Platforms Inc. concerning alleged harms to children and teens from its social media platforms.
U.S. Supreme Court rejected Meta's appeal to dismiss in May 2026.
See court filing: https://ago.vermont.gov/sites/ago/files/2023-12/Unsealed%20Complaint.pdf
Andersen v. Stability AI
Artists accuse AI image companies of training on billions of copyrighted images scraped without consent.
See court filing: https://www.lutzker.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Andersen-v.-Stability-AI-Ltd.pdf
U.S. v. Epic Games
FTC accused Epic of violating children's privacy and using dark patterns to trick kids into purchases; $520M settlement.
See court filing: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/2223087EpicGamesComplaint.pdf
DPC v. Meta (Instagram)
Irish regulator fined Meta €405M for exposing children's contact info and defaulting teen accounts to public.
See court filing: https://www.dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2022-09/02.09.22%20Decision%20IN%2009-09-22%20Instagram.pdf
Thomson Reuters v. ROSS
Thomson Reuters won a landmark ruling that ROSS's use of Westlaw headnotes to train legal AI was not fair use.
See court filing: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zgvoraqlnpd/THOMSON%20REUTERS%20ROSS%20LAWSUIT%20sjruling.pdf
FTC v. Google & YouTube
FTC accused YouTube of tracking children under 13 to serve targeted ads; settled for $170M.
See court filing: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/youtube_complaint.pdf
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