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

European Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...

The global spotlight on the first such ban on people under 16 using popular apps appears to have encouraged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...

Under the Australian law, platforms face a fine of up to A$49.5 million ($34 million) ⁠for noncompliance, and the regulator added on Tuesda...

Tech giants Meta and Google have been found liable in US courts for harm caused to young users. Juries awarded millions in damages in cases...

Jurors will return to court in Los Angeles Monday to resume deliberations in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing Meta and YouT...

Jury deliberations are set to begin in a landmark trial where Meta and YouTube face accusations of intentionally hooking young users. Closi...

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

Tech giants have blocked 4.7 million accounts under Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s, the country's online safety wat...

Tech giant Meta urged Australia on Monday to rethink its world-first social media ban for under-16s, while reporting that it has blocked mo...

In one case reported by WSJ, a chatbot using actor and wrestler John Cena’s voice described a graphic sexual scenario to a user identifying...

This is after Meta executives publicly said in testimony before the US congress that the company’s age-checking processes were effective an...

According to reports, Meta said in a statement that the complaint misrepresents its work over the past decade to make the online experience...

The social media giant "routinely continued to collect" children's personal information, including their locations and email addresses, wit...

The states argue that Meta encourages young people to spend excessive time on social media, despite knowing that teenage brains are particu...

After the report was published, Meta set up an internal task force and acknowledged enforcement problems and has taken actions which includ...

The study found a slight increase in both apps' popularity in the past year, with TikTok now being used by 53% of children (up from 50%), a...