U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, a Palm Harbor Republican, has focused on online protections. He filed the Kids Online Safety (KOSA) Act ( HR 6484) in December. That bill has since become part of the larger ...

Algorithms shape our lives and steal our focus. Rituals can help us not only regain control of our attention; they're also a ...

While internal emails reveal Meta executives once described themselves as "pushers," Mark Zuckerberg faces a jury to argue ...

Instagram has announced it will begin alerting parents if their teenagers repeatedly search for terms related to suicide and ...

Therapist testifies in landmark lawsuit against Meta and YouTube over alleged social media addiction harming teen mental ...

Social media features such as infinite scroll and personalised feeds can drive compulsive use. Experts argue that Big Tech should change its business models for meaningful change. View on euronews ...

Dear Algo! That’s it. Parents, kids, just give in. Talk to the algorithm. She knows what’s best. Larry Wilson is on the Southern California News Group editorial board. [email protected].

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their platforms and fail to protect them from ...

Big tech companies are reportedly developing their own isolated, off-grid data centers where they can consume resources to provide the storage and compute needed for AI development and other digital ...

Two of the world’s largest social media platforms are facing a jury trial over allegations that they intentionally designed their products to be addictive to young people — drawing comparisons to Big ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Wednesday in a landmark trial about social media addiction. Parents who say their kids were harmed by social media platforms showed up to face the Meta CEO.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday and defended against claims that Instagram is designed to harm children, in a landmark case over whether social media is addictive ...