New age-verification laws and tools are designed for child safety on social media and the internet, but adults are in the ...

LOS ANGELES — In his first time testifying about child safety in front of a jury, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company does not seek to make Instagram addictive to younger users, pushing back ...

An X outage that began the morning of Monday, Feb. 16 has continued to fluctuate throughout the day, impacting, at its peak, more than 40,000 social media users. At 8:30 a.m. ET on Monday, more than ...

In the little more than two months since the nation of Australia put the world’s first comprehensive social media ban for minors (under 16) into effect, there has been unmistakable momentum among the ...

When Victoria Hinks opens up her daughter Alexandra's room, she is met with a room filled with drawings of their family, her dog, and colorful expressions of joy. "If you ask anyone to describe 'Owl', ...

Seven months ago, University of Virginia alumnus Omar Zeineddine and fourth-year student Karam Aboul Hosn told the world they were building a social media app centered around real-time, everyday ...

An expert witness in a case brought by a California woman against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, testified that the design features of its social media apps are addictive, ...

Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly ...

Opening statements in a landmark trial involving some of the world’s biggest social media companies, including Google, YouTube, Meta, and TikTok, began on Monday to determine the platforms’ alleged ...

The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...

Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...

Gizmo is a new social platform that blends TikTok-style feeds with AI-powered vibe coding, allowing users to create and share interactive mini apps without programming skills. While safety and ...