YouTube has already faced problems for allowing disturbing, violent bootleg content geared towards children to proliferate on the platform— alongside with popular creators and vloggers who potentially ...

Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor. The Meta Platforms-owned social app ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...

When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos and gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that mimicked the behavior ...

SEVEN CAN HELP YOU TAKE CONTROL OF TECHNOLOGY INSIDE YOUR HOME. SUSIE FOGARTY WITH SMART GEN SOCIETY IS HERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CONTENT KIDS ARE WATCHING. THEY’RE EXPOSED TO SO MUCH. SO WHAT ...

Attorneys general from 14 states are suing TikTok for harming children's mental health. Internal research accidentally revealed this week indicates TikTok knew its algorithm was harmful. Lawyers for ...

It’s no secret that algorithms are incredibly problematic, leading to everything from racist policing to sexist hiring. But even for adults who are extremely online, it can be hard to understand what ...

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Many very young children are already being fed so-called slop on YouTube.