A look at countries that moved to ban social media for kids in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain, Indonesia
Over the past few months, several countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens.
The US Senate passed COPPA 2.0 again, which would create new protections for young users online; the bill now heads to the House, where it has struggled to pass
The measure for protecting children and teens' personal data could once more fail in the House. — Today the US Senate unanimously …
New Mexico child safety trial: Mark Zuckerberg downplayed Meta's findings on how the company's apps affect users and teens; Adam Mosseri made similar comments
A survey of US teens: 57% use AI chatbots to search for info, 54% use them to do schoolwork, 47% for fun or entertainment, 12% for emotional support, and more
Just over half of U.S. teens say they have used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they've gotten emotional support.
Tech Oversight Project: ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial, Meta paid for 3,500+ ads on CNN, Fox, and others to promote Instagram's Teen Accounts
Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. has paid for thousands of television commercials to promote its safety work with teens ahead …
A look at China's “genius class” system, which picks ~100K gifted teens annually for elite science-focused schooling; its alumni span ByteDance, PDD, and more
A look at China's “genius class” system, which picks ~100K gifted teens annually for elite science-focused schooling; its alumni span ByteDance, PDD, and more
A network of ultra-competitive high-school talent streams has been turning out the leading lights of science and tech
A critique of a large UK social media study that suggested measures like social media bans are unlikely to have an effect on teens' long term mental health
The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids. PLUS: Newsom investigates TikTok over Trump, and the Clawdbot frenzy
Meta says it is temporarily pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps as it develops a new version of AI characters
Meta says it is temporarily pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps as it develops a new version of AI characters
Meta today said that it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps. The company mentioned that it is not abandoning …