TikTok’s rise wasn’t driven by creators or followers, but by an aggressive AI-driven feed. Unlike other platforms, users don’t curate content — the algorithm does. ByteDance engineered a system that ...

This trend is more complicated than “good or bad.” On one hand, sharing reels can feel like a modern form of bonding — a way ...

Authors Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price join TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Willie Geist to talk about their ...

If you have pre-school-aged grandchildren, or kids in the first couple of years of primary school, it is almost certain that they will have watched YouTube this week. That is because YouTube – for ...

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

The Australian government has banned kids and teens under 16 from using social media. Here’s what experts think about the ...

Social media’s effects on children and teens were already a focus for the state’s Child Fatality Task Force. Now, the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence is raising alarms for the legislative ...

The company Wizz is coming under serious scrutiny by regulators and watchdogs for enabling child sexual predators on a huge ...

Instagram on Wednesday US time unveiled a new AI-powered feature that lets users view and adjust the algorithm shaping their Reels feed, calling it a pioneering move toward greater user control.

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

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 ...