A 15-year-old girl dropped her lawsuit against Meta, Google, and Snap Inc. She had alleged social media addiction and mental health issues....

ABC News Verify found Facebook had monetised Australian accounts described as having white nationalist, neo-Nazi or anti-vaccine links. Acc...

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

A searchable DeFlock map is drawing attention to the growing network of Flock Safety cameras across America, allowing citizens to see where...

What happened to Perez Hilton? The famous celebrity blogger was rushed to a local hospital after it was reported that he had appeared to se...

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...

South Korea's decision to fine e-commerce firm Coupang over a data leak has drawn criticism from Washington and raised questions about the ...

South Korea's fine on ecommerce firm Coupang has drawn significant US criticism. This dispute raises concerns about Seoul's openness to Ame...

Airport lounges in the US have become a major profit driver for airlines, but gaining access has grown increasingly expensive and confusing...

Meta put forward the figure in its response to the attorneys general's filings on how penalties should be calculated if the states prevaile...

Two mothers, Amy Neville and Kristin Bride, are spearheading a movement for stronger online child safety after losing their sons to social ...

It is the first time ByteDance-owned TikTok has been reprimanded by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner, the lead regulator in the EU fo...

The Italian watchdog had informed Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) of TikTok's potential breaches of EU data rules. The Irish bod...

TikTok said the changes, targeted at users aged 13 to 17 years old, will be rolled out globally.

Starting Wednesday, the default privacy setting for TikTok users aged 13 to 15 will be private. That means only someone the user approves a...

In many ways, TikTok’s situation is similar to the public relations frenzy over Zoom Video Communications Inc. in early April. At the time,...