Under the new plans, companies like Apple and Google should build or activate technical solutions on ⁠smartphones and tablets to detect and...

Tech giant Meta on Thursday attacked Australia's "grossly unfair" bid to make social media companies pay for news, saying it is vehemently ...

Malaysia has begun enforcing new rules. Children under 16 are now banned from social media accounts. Platforms must implement age verificat...

The United Nations is demanding tech companies prioritize child safety on their platforms. Officials state that business practices and desi...

An Australian federal court upheld on Thursday a fine against Elon Musk's X for failing to comply with child internet safety regulations, c...

Despite Australia’s recent legislation prohibiting social media access for those under 16, user habits remain largely unchanged, as indicat...

The European Union has accused Meta of not effectively preventing users under 13 from accessing Facebook and Instagram, which could lead to...

Norway plans to ban children under 16 from social media. A bill will be presented to parliament by year-end. Technology companies will be r...

Australia's teen social media ban faces enforcement challenges due to platforms' weak application of available age-checking tools, not tech...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday hinted at possible measures limiting children's access to social media, "Things can't go on like...

Social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok need to take action to stop young users wasting hours mindlessly scrolling never-ending...

Tech giants Meta and TikTok said Tuesday they will obey Australia's under-16 social media ban but warned the landmark laws could prove diff...

Canada on Wednesday directed the video app TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese tech giant, to close its offices in the country because of n...

TikTok has been fined almost $16m by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for breaching data protection laws, including misusing ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese agreed to a government-wide ban on the use of TikTok after the completion of a review by the Home Affairs d...

Zhang, 38, turned ByteDance into a social media powerhouse which has also had many brushes with global regulators

While ByteDance is still in talks with U.S. investors, the White House and the Chinese government over how to structure the deal, the Trump...