LISBON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament on Thursday approved a bill, on its first reading, requiring explicit parental consent for children aged 13 to 16 to access social media, in one of the ...

People don’t agree on much these days. But one thing brings them together, whatever their politics: the idea that, because social media harm children and teenagers, they should be banned from using ...

“You scroll without thinking and lose track of time,” admits Ramón, a Spanish 15-year-old, of his habits on social media. “You see girls sexualising themselves, car crashes, really violent stuff,” he ...

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that there can be problematic usage of social media, but he disagreed that it constitutes an addiction. Mosseri testified in Los Angeles Superior Court during a social ...

Adam Mosseri, who leads the Meta-owned app, testified that the company was careful to test features used by young people before releasing them. Adam Mosseri, who leads the Meta-owned app, testified ...

The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...

The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury. By Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang Eli ...

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard line on a political issue, and the platform is quick to respond—serving up ...

Adults largely support policies that protect children’s privacy and provide age-appropriate online experiences, according to a new report from Common Sense Media. The new research finds that 6 in 10 ...

Lawyers for a now-20-year-old woman argued that addictive features harmed her mental health as opening statements began Monday in a landmark trial against Meta and YouTube, the first of hundreds of ...

Under-16 social media bans are picking up steam across Europe. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis was the latest leader to praise a ban, saying that the experts he’s spoken to have said that social ...

For more than a decade, policymakers and advocacy groups have cast teenagers’ use of social media as a looming public health crisis. This now widely accepted assumption has fueled calls for bans and ...