THE smartphone has slipped into childhood – and primary schools and parents are now dealing with the fallout. Shock figures show 83 per cent of kids aged eight to 12 have access to ...

Evan Spiegel, the CEO of Snap, which owns social media platform Snapchat, said Australia’s block on under-16s using social media was “a massive experiment”.

KGM is the 20-year-old plaintiff in a case alleging that Instagram and YouTube are intentionally designed to be addictive to minors.

Two parents describe the same nightmare: kids buying counterfeit pills through Snapchat and dying in their bedrooms. One mom says, “I found my daughter dead the next day,” and another says his son ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s court testimony that companies should build “useful” products has reignited debate on morality of algorithms ...

The Meta CEO defended his company's efforts to keep kids under 13 off of Instagram, but noted that there are "people who lie" ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom says he endorses legislation being considered in the Legislature that would restrict access to social media ...

One of the bill's House sponsors, Rep. Joanna King, R-Middlebury, said Feb. 17 that the legislation "does not censor speech ...

Former Facebook VP Brian Boylan testified that Meta's priority has always been growth — getting more users to spend more time on its apps.

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says Instagram’s claims that its platform isn’t addictive are ridiculous. “My team ...

Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in federal court to defend Instagram against allegations that it was deliberately designed to be addictive to children and teens. It's the first time he's testifying ...

Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, to defend Meta ...