Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. A key ...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday further extended a potential ban of TikTok until Dec. 16 amid news his administration reached the “framework” for a deal. In an executive order issued Tuesday, Trump ...
The new Pew report also found that two-thirds of teens said they had used an A.I. chatbot. By Catherine Pearson Most American teenagers use YouTube and TikTok daily, according to a report released ...
The European Parliament on Wednesday urged member states to adopt a minimum age of 16 for the use of social media. Below is a summary of what European countries, Australia, and tech companies have done to regulate children's access to social media.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Monday called for a warning label to be added to social media apps as a reminder that those platforms have caused harm to young people, especially adolescents.
Big brands and emerging labels will present their new collections at New York Fashion Week, which kicks off on Friday, seeking to entice trend-followers with their latest creations and perhaps some viral moments.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Monday he would aim to deter China from invading Taiwan if he wins the 2024 presidential election, saying China would refrain from such an attack if the costs outweighed the benefits.
Britain's opposition Labour Party has called on the government to enact its long-delayed Online Safety Bill, after Reuters revealed how few underage children Snap Inc had removed from its Snapchat platform.
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is making it too easy to hit the pause on ad spending. General Motors , Mondelez International , Pfizer and Interpublic Group are just some of the companies and agencies suspending their ad dollars on the social media network because of brand safety issues. Eli Lilly had to apologize on Thursday for a fake account – verified with a blue check no less – that tweeted out a message announcing free insulin. This latest chapter will be hard for Twitter to overcome.
U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr is in Taipei this week for meetings on 5G, cybersecurity and telecoms to show U.S. support for Taiwan.
Singapore-based Sea delivered its first annual profit since the internet firm's market debut in 2017, as strong growth in its e-commerce business helped the company post a smaller fourth-quarter loss than expected.
Twitter is expanding how it recommends posts from accounts that users do not follow, the social media company announced on Tuesday.
A video of teenagers dancing in a room while a bathing hut on a Swiss lake can be seen burning outside the window was shared online with false captions saying it showed foreigners dancing while watching California “burn to the ground.”
Hundreds of social media moderators in Germany – who remove harmful content from platforms such as Facebook and TikTok – are calling on lawmakers to improve their working conditions, citing tough targets and mental health issues.
The Dutch public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that police had detained a 25-year-old man for questioning after he had issued violent threats against politicians in a livestreamed, widely shared TikTok.
Around half the public content related to the Holocaust on the Telegram messaging service denies or distorts facts about the killing of six million of Europe's Jews in the Holocaust, according to a new study by the United Nations cultural agency.
TikTok owner ByteDance told employees on Thursday it planned to lay off staff in its education business and close some of its tutoring operations, after China imposed sweeping regulations on the sector, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Chinese companies are at the pointy end of Beijing’s foreign policy. Those with overseas businesses are awkwardly falling behind their government’s position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This war could accelerate the downgrade of Chinese Inc’s global ambitions.
A Kentucky school district secured roughly $27 million in settlements from Meta Platforms and other social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis, according to records seen by Reuters on Friday.
Romania's hard-right Alliance for Uniting Romanians (AUR) party wants to be part of a coalition government, its leader said on Tuesday, as the nation eyes a presidential run-off vote that will decide who appoints the prime minister.
Donald Trump would consider ending a $7,500 tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases if elected and would be open to naming Tesla CEO Elon Musk to a cabinet or advisory role, he told Reuters in an interview.
Australia's 2025 election was its first where all major party leaders went on podcasts and ran personal TikTok accounts. But voters largely tuned out of online political discussions after the campaign began in March.
Snap Inc , the parent company of photo messaging app Snapchat, is testing a new subscription service called Snapchat+ that would give subscribers access to exclusive and pre-release features, a Snap spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.