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

Keeping phones out of the bedroom is a growing trend supported by psychological research. Studies show that reducing pre-sleep screen time ...

The US Supreme Court has refused to hear Meta's appeal. This allows a lawsuit against Meta's Instagram to proceed. Vermont's attorney gener...

Forum is Facebook Groups reimagined as a Reddit-style discussion platform with AI-powered search and recommendations, while Instants turns ...

Meta Platforms is enhancing safety for young users. New protections for teen accounts are coming to 27 European Union nations and Facebook ...

New Mexico prosecutors are demanding significant changes to Meta's social media platforms. This follows a jury verdict finding the company ...

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

A lawyer on behalf of the MPA sent Meta Platforms a cease-and-desist letter asking the tech giant to "immediately and permanently disassoci...

The changes come as the social media giant faces relentless criticism over harms to children. As it seeks to add safeguards for teens, Meta...

Meta said Thursday it was activating so-called "teen accounts" with additional protections for adolescent Facebook and Messenger users worl...

The company also announced Wednesday that it has removed thousands of accounts that were leaving sexualised comments or requesting sexual i...

Meta says it trains its AI to look for signals, such as the type of content the account interacts, profile information and when the account...

Similar features are being planned for Facebook and Messenger for rollout later this year. The new features were announced on April 11 at M...

Meta is enhancing safety measures for young users by banning Instagram Live for users under 16 without parental permission. The update is p...

Under the changes, teens under 16 are blocked from using Instagram Live unless parents give permission. They also need permission to "turn ...

Beginning Tuesday in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, anyone under under 18 who signs up for Instagram will be placed into teen accoun...

Meta stated on Tuesday that it will be protecting the accounts of teen users and hiding content that is considered age-inappropriate for th...