In a potentially bellwether case, a plaintiff alleges that social media companies deliberately design their platforms to ...

A trial kicking off in a Los Angeles courtroom marks the first time a jury will hear claims that social media companies ...

The mothers of Brianna Ghey and Jools Roome say Ofcom needs to do more to protect young people.

It’s a common scene on public transport. A parent holds a mobile phone showing noisy cartoons to their young child. The pair is looking at the screen together, laughing. Yet parent and child rarely ...

Doctors and medical experts have warned of the growing evidence of "health harms" from tech and devices on children and young ...

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seizing on new revelations about “sensual” chatbot conversations Meta deemed acceptable for children, dragging the tech giant and its checkered past on ...

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff urged immediate AI regulation at the World Economic Forum 2026, warning of potential harm to ...

Disney has agreed to pay a $10 million civil penalty for allowing children’s data to be collected on videos posted to YouTube. The Federal Trade Commission alleged that Disney failed to designate ...

Valentina Fantasia receives funding from The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS). She is affiliated with the Department of Philosophy and Cognitive ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from ...

A ban on under-16s using social media looks increasingly likely in the UK, mirroring the unprecedented laws that have just been introduced in Australia.