Facebook-parent Meta will defend itself in a landmark social media trial that begins Tuesday in California, where attorneys have sparred ov...

Written on it in black ink were the names of children and young adults who have died from social media related harms, including deaths by s...

Four lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accuse Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fue...

In a federal trial beginning Tuesday in Oakland, California, the Instagram and Facebook parent company is fighting claims that it has contr...

The bill would have barred children younger than 15 from opening a social media account from September 1. Accounts already open would be cl...

France's top court has blocked a bill banning social media access for minors. The Constitutional Council cited infringement upon freedom of...

Local heads of YouTube owner Google, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, Snapchat and TikTok fronted a Senate inquiry as lawmakers pressed t...

New Jersey enacted the Kids Code Act, which will regulate online services for minors. This law aims to increase platform responsibility for...

The company said it had deactivated 462,000 suspect Instagram accounts and 294,000 suspect Facebook accounts from just before the Australia...

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

The social media companies have denied allegations that their products have contributed to depression, anxiety, body-image issues and a bro...

The trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California and New Jersey's allegations that Meta designe...

Major social media firms face thousands of lawsuits across the United States. These legal actions allege platforms are designed to addict y...

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial could end with a conviction, a not-guilty verdict based on criminal responsibility, or a hung jury. Here’s wh...

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

Although private members’ Bills have rarely been cleared by both Houses in the past, their introduction reflects the growing urgency among ...

The poll, which was conducted over the six days ending August 3, comes as companies like Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube face mounting ...