Social media firms need to use better age verification technologies to keep children off their platforms, the U.K.'s ...

New age-verification laws and tools are designed for child safety on social media and the internet, but adults are in the ...

Blaming chatbots, they are joining an earlier push for better protections by parents who say social media contributed to their children’s deaths.

An Ovid mother whose 12-year-old daughter died by suicide in 2024 was in Lansing Wednesday as Michigan Senate hearings began on a new legislative package aimed at protecting children on social media ...

When my son Conall took his life at age 17, it was devastating to me and our entire family. Conall was a caring, empathetic, and bright young man, but he had also struggled for many years with anxiety ...

Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube and Roblox are among the platforms UK regulators say aren't putting children's safety at the heart of their products.

Social media algorithms are designed to be addictive, especially for children, and can expose them to harmful content. The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) aims to hold social media companies accountable ...

GLAAD issued its “alarming” Social Media Safety Index report on Tuesday, which found that, after significant rollbacks in protected speech, social media platforms are overwhelmingly failing to protect ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — New York State Attorney General Letitia James wants Congress to put warning labels on social media platforms. She supports Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call for warning ...

The Social Media Safety: Navigating the Digital World event is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. March 18, and the Safe Driving: Choices That Save Lives event will take place at 6 p.m. April 13, according to a ...

IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says government weighing stronger steps to tackle harmful AI-generated content and social media risks to children and citizens ...