European Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...

The global spotlight on the first such ban on people under 16 using popular apps appears to have encouraged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...

While 5 million Australian accounts had been deactivated, a substantial number of Australian children continued to retain accounts, create ...

Under the Australian law, platforms face a fine of up to A$49.5 million ($34 million) ⁠for noncompliance, and the regulator added on Tuesda...

Indonesia's social media curbs, which the government says ⁠are intended ⁠to reduce the risk of cyberbullying and addiction, follow a ban in...

Jurors will return to court in Los Angeles Monday to resume deliberations in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing Meta and YouT...

Jury deliberations are set to begin in a landmark trial where Meta and YouTube face accusations of intentionally hooking young users. Closi...

Australia will bar under-16s from using major social platforms from December 10. Twitch must follow the rule, while Pinterest is exempt. Fi...

In one case reported by WSJ, a chatbot using actor and wrestler John Cena’s voice described a graphic sexual scenario to a user identifying...

This is after Meta executives publicly said in testimony before the US congress that the company’s age-checking processes were effective an...

According to reports, Meta said in a statement that the complaint misrepresents its work over the past decade to make the online experience...

The social media giant "routinely continued to collect" children's personal information, including their locations and email addresses, wit...

After the report was published, Meta set up an internal task force and acknowledged enforcement problems and has taken actions which includ...

The study found a slight increase in both apps' popularity in the past year, with TikTok now being used by 53% of children (up from 50%), a...

According to figures recently published by the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Young Children), Snapchat accounted...

Starting this week, Instagram will default users below 16 years (or 18 years in certain regions like the European Union) to a private accou...

Instagram users under 16 years old will also start to be defaulted into having a private account when they join the platform.