Ever noticed how your social feed is suddenly more puppies than playgroups? It’s not just your algorithm acting up. There’s a ...

A growing international movement is forming in recognition of the need to do more. Australia’s ban on social media for under 16 went into effect Dec. 10 after years of warnings about youth mental ...

The case highlights how investigations can play out not just in interviews and warrants but in online chats and livestreams — for better or worse.

TikTok announced a deal to sell its U.S. assets to a group of three companies. One of them was co-founded by this Florida ...

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

It’s the most wonderful time of year, and we at Defector are proud to bring back our series discussing some of the most, uh, ...

A quality improvement initiative improved rates of lipid screening among children and adolescents and may improve downstream ...

A new movement is sweeping the UK after 165,000 people signed a 'parent pact' to delay giving kids smartphones with five top ...

Parents who raised kids in the '90s are "surprised by how young boys are when they first encounter it," one mom said.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is facing new heat over claims that teenage Instagram users will be protected from online harm by a PG ...

We can take action: Give kids basic flip phones to communicate; restrict social media before age 16; keep phones out of school and provide more unsupervised “free play” to develop self-governing ...

By limiting teens’ social media use, Australia hopes to reduce mental health harms. Would a similar step safeguard the mental ...