Indonesia began enforcing restrictions on social media accounts for children under 16, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to adopt nationwide curbs. The new rules require platforms deemed ...

The tide is finally turning on social media. In just the last two days, two separate juries, in New Mexico and California, have held social media companies accountable for harming kids, for the first ...

VIENNA, March 27 (Reuters) - Austria's conservative-led, three-party government plans to introduce a ban on social media use for children under 14, ‌it said on Friday. Cabinet members from the three ...

A Wired Family's Steve Smith calls for platforms to implement age restrictions A Wired Family's Steve Smith calls for platforms to implement age restrictions A Wired Family's Steve Smith calls for ...

Kentucky lawmakers have advanced a bill to ban children under 16 from social media without parental consent. The bill targets major platforms with "addictive features" like infinite scrolling and ...

Shortly after KidStrong first opened its doors in Omaha, Dustin Sparks noticed a small boy lingering behind his mother. “He wouldn’t leave her side,” said Sparks, the Nebraska area developer for the ...

Children who use social media for more than three hours per day are more likely to develop greater levels of depression and anxiety compared to those who use it more moderately. The findings are the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Meta, YouTube and Snapchat are already under scrutiny for risks they pose for young people. Now they are facing ...

Bill Ready, CEO, Pinterest, speaks at the 28th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on May 5, 2025. Children today are living through the ...

The latest endorsement of banning children under 16 from social media? The CEO of social media platform Pinterest. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Following the Australian government's social media ...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill and state Assemblywoman Andrea Katz on Wednesday announced a package of bills today aimed at protecting kids in New Jersey from harmful content online while holding big technology ...