Defendants in the suit are Alphabet, ByteDance and Meta, the tech titans behind YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. Meta cofounder and chief exe...

French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for an accelerated legal process to ban social media for children under 15, aiming for implemen...

The platforms currently affected by the law are Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, Twitch, X and YouTube. Tech c...

French judicial authorities said on Tuesday they had opened an investigation into Chinese social media platform TikTok and the risks of its...

Arkansas is among several states that have been enacting restrictions on social media, prompted by concerns about the impact on children's ...

Families are suing TikTok, claiming the platform pushed harmful content that contributed to their children's suicides. They argue the app's...

The changes to Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads, were announced last week by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with critics saying the m...

Sunita Bose, managing director of Digital Industry Group Inc., an advocate for the digital industry in Australia including X, Instagram, Fa...

Digital Industry Group Inc., representing major social media platforms, urged the Australian Senate to postpone legislation banning users u...

The bill has wide political support. After it becomes law, the platforms would have one year to work out how to implement the age restricti...

"The parents want TikTok's legal liability to be recognised in court," lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion told broadcaster franceinfo. She added,...

The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content.

Research shows that despite YouTube’s rules and content moderation efforts, the platform is failing to stop the spread of frightening video...

Should TikTok be banned? Should younger children be prevented from engaging with social media? Can the government make sure private informa...

The risks of social media use by children and teens are prompting US lawmakers to propose changes, including prohibiting children under 13 ...

Posts about suicide and self-harm get extra boosts, found study.

A recent report demonstrated how TikTok relies on your time spent on each video to steer you toward more videos that will keep you scrollin...