Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of s...

Oprah Winfrey welcomed Australia’s under-16 social-media ban, saying it will help children develop healthier social skills and avoid harmfu...

Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. In...

The company said it had begun notifying users it believed were between 13 and 15 years old that their accounts will be shut down through in...

Instagram is offering parents the tools to monitor their children's digital chats more effectively. This initiative focuses on enhancing th...

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

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law regulating AI chatbots to protect children and teens. Platforms must disclose chatbot interac...

The company said on Monday the controls will allow parents and teens to link accounts for stronger safeguards for teenagers.Under the new m...

Tech giants OpenAI and Meta are taking bold and controversial steps to reshape how their AI chatbots interact with teens in distress, follo...

OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, said Tuesday it is preparing to roll out new controls enabling parents to link their accounts to their teen's acc...

Meta has removed approximately 600,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts due to predatory and exploitative behavior targeting minors. This ex...

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

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

One of the measures, the company said, is were teenagers would now not be shown in the "people you may know" recommendations tab on both In...

Meta is also launching a new Parent education hub that will include a guide to VR parental supervision tools from ConnectSafely to help par...

Meta, which also owns Facebook and WhatsApp, said parents and guardians would be able to set time limits on children's scrolling on Instagr...

The new parental controls are part of Meta's promise to protect children using its social media apps, after a whistleblower leaked internal...