Local heads of YouTube owner Google, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, Snapchat and TikTok fronted a Senate inquiry as lawmakers pressed t...

The company said it had deactivated 462,000 suspect Instagram accounts and 294,000 suspect Facebook accounts from just before the Australia...

The 2023 lawsuit, filed in federal court in Oakland, California, claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without thei...

A French court has sentenced a Russian man for performing Nazi salutes near a synagogue. He received eight months in prison and a permanent...

The social media companies have denied allegations that their products have contributed to depression, anxiety, body-image issues and a bro...

The trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California and New Jersey's allegations that Meta designe...

China has a tradition of paternalistic government regulations meant to pre-empt potential problems, said Yolanda Ma, an expert on AI govern...

With two convictions and nearly $1 billion in damages already stacked up, Meta will face another trial starting this week about alleged har...

The poll, which was conducted over the six days ending August 3, comes as companies like Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube face mounting ...

The court in Santa Fe ruled on Thursday that Meta must pay $567 million into a New Mexico fund for teen mental health prevention and treatm...

Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa Fe ruled the company had created a public nuisance in New Mexico, siding with Attorney General Raul Torrez,...

A 21-year-old Canadian student has built Lyvio, a social media app with no ads, algorithms, likes or follower counts. The app is designed t...

TikTok has agreed to settle three lawsuits concerning addictive platform designs. Young plaintiffs alleged social media platforms harmed th...

In a study published on Friday, eSafety also found most children aged between 10 and 15 were using social media just as frequently in March...

Elon Musk's X platform criticizes Australia's proposed internet regulator powers. Australia's law barring accounts for under-16s faces sign...

Australia's world-first law barring accounts for under-16s took effect last December, drawing criticism from social media companies, mostly...

France has banned children under fifteen from using social media platforms. This new legislation also prohibits mobile phones within French...