A trial had been set to begin Monday in the southern US state over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield...

Australian leader Anthony Albanese said Sunday he was seeking big tech backing for his country's child online safety laws and greater AI re...

Banned skin-bleaching products containing mercury are still available for purchase online. These illegal items are found on Amazon, Temu, a...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new laws on Thursday that address various aspects of children's safety online, in...

Social media giants face US$78 million fines if they fail to protect young users from harmful content, Australia's prime minister said Tues...

President Xi Jinping plans a large business delegation for his upcoming Washington visit. This unusual move signals China's willingness to ...

Advertisers are looking beyond Google and Meta as concerns over dependence on the two platforms grow, Snap’s Ajit Mohan told ET. Snapchat h...

While the headline figure is among the largest ever settlements paid by a technology company, it is unlikely to strain a business that earn...

Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle a multistate lawsuit alleging Facebook and Instagram were designed to hook children, w...

Below is a summary of what countries and companies are doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of s...

The Justice Department sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to protect children's privacy, and illegally collecting thei...

TikTok has agreed to a $400 million settlement with the US Department of Justice. This resolution addresses allegations of violating federa...

The year was 2010 and Google was about to exit due to concerns over censorship and cyberattacks. That decision was lauded by democracy acti...

China has a tradition of paternalistic government regulations meant to pre-empt potential problems, said Yolanda Ma, an expert on AI govern...

TikTok is a popular social media platform in the US. However, there have apprehensions over the security of millions of Americans due to th...

A total ban of TikTok in the US state of Montana is set up to face an epic battle in the courts, but many experts wonder whether the law is...

A bipartisan group of 12 US senators will introduce legislation Tuesday that would give Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo new powers to ban ...