A new bill in New York could change what kids see on social media. The legislation would restrict the use of algorithms for kids and prohibit notifications late at ...

Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor. The Meta Platforms-owned social app ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Attorneys general from 14 states are suing TikTok for harming children's mental health. Internal research accidentally revealed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York’s Legislature passed a bill on Friday that would ban social media platforms from using "addictive" recommendation ...

YouTube has already faced problems for allowing disturbing, violent bootleg content geared towards children to proliferate on the platform— alongside with popular creators and vloggers who potentially ...

Educators, parents and researchers agree social media is highly addicting, and if algorithm-based posts are not driving the mental health crisis plaguing kids, they're at least riding shotgun. But the ...

TikTok utilizes an addictive, opaque recommendation algorithm that bombards vulnerable teen users with an “endless stream” of harmful content related to suicide, anxiety, and depression, concerned ...

TikTok is facing a multi-state lawsuit that says its algorithm is addictive and harmful to children.VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images Details from a multi-state investigation into TikTok ...