While America fixates on wars in Israel and Ukraine, protests over deportations and fights over tariffs, a quieter crisis is destroying our children from within. Nearly one-third of U.S. children show ...

The European Union and national capitals are trying to make social media and algorithms less addictive and safer, especially ...

In a rare bipartisan vote, the New York State Legislature approved new rules to ban harmful algorithms in children’s social media feeds. Democrats and Republicans alike said the change will help ...

Instagram is rolling out significant changes to its algorithm and safety features. The main goal is to directly address long-standing concerns about protecting younger users and accounts that ...

New York could soon become the first state to pass a law restricting social media platforms from using algorithms to promote content to minors. New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and state ...

A generation of children will no longer be "at the mercy of toxic algorithms", the Technology Secretary has declared, as new online safety protections officially came into force. Peter Kyle stated ...

If the tech sector genuinely prioritised child safety, we would not be facing the scale of harm that now confronts children ...

Popular social media platform TikTok was aware of the potential harm its algorithm could inflict on minors, according to internal documents that were unintentionally made public. What Happened: The ...

On 9 February 2009, a button appeared that would change the internet forever. Billed as an “easy way to let people know that you enjoy it”, the Facebook “Like” feature brought an end to the digital ...

New online safety measures to protect children from ‘toxic algorithms’ - Websites could be banned in the UK if they fail to ...