TikTok gave thousands of young users fake safety tools in tests, New York lawsuit allegesTikTok is facing allegations from New York for conducting misleading placebo tests on its safety features. Those tests involved thousands o...
08 Oct, 2026, 07.49 AM IST
OpenAI says teens use ChatGPT for under 15 minutes a day as worries over risks growTeens spend under 15 minutes a day on average on ChatGPT, while less than 2% of them interact with the chatbot for over three straight hour...
07 Oct, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
Instagram turns 16, but the internet isn't celebratingWhile some users shared their early Instagram grids, replies to the post quickly turned sour. Many users said they wished the app could be ...
07 Oct, 2026, 08.31 PM IST
US non-profit urges OpenAI to keep teens off ChatGPT: ReportThe group's Youth AI Safety Institute ran more than 4,000 prompts on accounts registered to users aged 13 to 17, and found that the bot did...
07 Oct, 2026, 07.57 PM IST
A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?When Meta agreed to changes to its social media platforms and enhanced safeguards in an $18 billion settlement, it made progress by "gettin...
06 Oct, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
Norway mulling temporary ban on smart AI glasses. Here's all we knowNorway's government is considering a temporary prohibition on smart AI glasses to tackle rising privacy concerns. The primary focus lies on...
05 Oct, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Harish Rawat defies Congress warning, goes ahead with Uttarakhand yatraHarish Rawat is continuing his 'Dhanyawad Yatra' despite warnings from Congress leaders in Uttarakhand. The Congress high command has expre...
05 Oct, 2026, 09.49 AM IST
Who are Playboi Carti and Lucki? Rappers' teams get into an ugly brawl at ComplexCon in Los AngelesRapper Lucki was reportedly injured in a brawl involving Playboi Carti's associates at the ComplexCon event in LA. Videos emerged showing L...
04 Oct, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
What is fuelling French school protests?High-school students are protesting outside their schools in France, with entrances blockaded and the institutions and security forces resp...
04 Oct, 2026, 10.04 AM IST
Mexico to propose bill to curb violent social media content after school attackThe announcement comes after Thursday's deadly attack at a school in Mexico's northern Coahuila state, which left a vice principal dead and...
02 Oct, 2026, 09.46 PM IST
WhatsApp rolls out new parental controls for teenagers: Here's everything you need to knowWhatsApp has introduced enhanced parental controls to assist parents in monitoring their teenage children's app activity. These new feature...
01 Oct, 2026, 03.31 PM IST
Meta expands Instagram school program as teen safety scrutiny growsMeta said on Tuesday it is adding new features to Instagram's school partnership program in the US, expanding tools for schools and student...
29 Sep, 2026, 07.38 PM IST
Centre backs Supreme Court, plans legal bar on social media accounts for under-18sThe Centre plans to amend the Information Technology Rules to restrict children under 18 from opening social media accounts. During a Supre...
29 Sep, 2026, 07.21 AM IST
TikTok agrees to teen limits in US settlement following MetaA 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...
26 Sep, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
Meta misled consumers in case over Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico jury saysThe verdict followed a two-week trial over a lawsuit filed by New Mexico's attorney general in 2021, three years after news reports reveale...
26 Sep, 2026, 11.53 AM IST
‘Daily time limits, filter controls, and account privacy’: TikTok agrees to ‘platform-level changes’ for teens, settles lawsuit with Alabama for $100 million days before trialTikTok has agreed to pay Alabama $100 million following claims about its harmful impact on youth mental health. The settlement involves imp...
26 Sep, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
First US trial against TikTok to test claims platform fueled teen mental health crisisAn Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young user...
25 Sep, 2026, 03.50 PM IST