The lawsuit alleges that social media giants like Meta, Google, ByteDance etc used algorithmic designs like endless feed, ...

The concept behind the social media warning, Bauer-Kahan said on a call with SFGATE, is to alert underage users that overusing "social-forward" apps like Instagram, X, YouTube and Snapchat could have ...

Under the SAFE For Kids Act, social platforms could be required to verify the ages of users before serving ‘addictive’ algorithms.

Seeing notifications from social media apps seems to throw us off course for several seconds – even if we don’t open them. Hippolyte Fournier at Lumière University Lyon 2 in France has long been ...

The global conversation about how social media affects the mental health of children and teens is intensifying, yet Australia has taken a leading initiative by pushing stricter regulations. By adding ...

SYDNEY, July 30 (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the ...

Australia has picked a fight with the world’s largest video platform by backtracking on an earlier promise to exclude YouTube in its social media ban for children under 16. The Labor government said ...

Australia has expanded its planned under-16 social media ban to include YouTube, reversing an earlier exemption for the Alphabet-owned platform. The government says the measure, due to come into force ...