What happens when you create a social media platform that only AI bots can post to? The answer, it turns out, is both ...

Instagram is one of Australia's most popular social media platforms. Almost two in three Aussies have an account.

Today, sex traffickers and child predators from around the world can easily groom and exploit children — even from inside their own homes.

The announcement is part of a broader push by countries to curb access to online platforms for minors. It also points to ...

Australia has started implementing the world’s first social media ban for under-16s, after its government passed a measure that holds platforms including TikTok, Twitch, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X ...

Kochi: The 38th Kerala Science Congress concluded in Kochi on Monday after four days of deliberations, exhibitions and ...

The State of New York will now require social media platforms to display warning labels similar to those found on cigarettes. The bill was passed by the New York Legislature in June and signed into ...

I am not a believer in bans or closures, as I demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic when I pushed in the summer of 2020 for schools to remain open, warning, along with Danny Benjamin of Duke ...

YouTube's CEO Neal Mohan is the latest in a line of tech bosses who have admitted to limiting their children's social media use, as the harms of being online for young people have become more evident.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Australia may have blocked social media apps for those under 16, but kids are already ...

The Department of Homeland Security is moving toward scrutinizing the recent social media histories of foreign travelers before allowing them to enter the United States. In a notice filed Tuesday in ...

Starting Dec. 10, Australia is the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. It's up to social media companies − including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, YouTube and others ...