Meta said Thursday it was activating so-called "teen accounts" with additional protections for adolescent Facebook and Messenger users worl...

New York's Attorney General proposed regulations to curb addictive social media feeds for children, enforcing the SAFE for Kids Act. The ru...

The move aligns New Zealand with several countries that are introducing laws aimed at protecting children online. Australia passed a law la...

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

Australia’s communications minister Michelle Rowland has introduced a bill in parliament to ban children below 16 years of age from accessi...

Australia is set to introduce legislation banning social media for children under 16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated this measure a...

Instagram has introduced new ‘Teen Accounts’ with enhanced privacy settings for users under 18, limiting their interactions and content exp...

New York state lawmakers passed legislation to protect children online by restricting social media platforms from exposing 'addictive' cont...

New York plans to ban social media algorithms targeting youth without parental consent. Mayor Eric Adams sued Meta Platforms for fueling a ...

The state's Republican-led legislature passed a bill in February that would have banned children under 16 from social media entirely. DeSan...

Meta, the parent company overseeing Facebook and Instagram, has introduced a subscription service without ads, granting European users the ...

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

Social media platforms such as Meta's Facebook or Instagram and Google’s YouTube Kids will be able to directly fetch and verify documents o...

The feature will allow parents to directly report suspicious accounts on Snapchat.

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

Last week, NCPCR had asked Facebook to take appropriate action against Gandhi's Instagram profile over violation of provisions of the Juven...

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