Gen Z is increasingly vulnerable to tax scams due to overconfidence, AI use, and risky online habits, fueling a surge in ...

Preventing fraud before money is stolen is a top priority for older Americans, and they look to technology, financial, and ...

Massachusetts lawmakers are poised to pass one of the nation’s toughest social media restrictions for kids, but enforcement and free speech challenges loom large.

It’s among the first successful lawsuits in the nation making social media sites liable for mental health outcomes. While this lawsuit could open the door to further litigation and regulation, the ...

Councilmember Althea Stevens said she is motivated by the growing concern about the mental health effects of social media on kids.

Similar social media bans for teens in other states have faced repeated challenges on First Amendment grounds. Critics also ...

The debate over social media use by teens is raging on. In the U.S., Meta and Google were just handed back-to-back losses in lawsuits against them. Germany is looking to ban social media, or at least ...

Two landmark jury verdicts against social media companies have arrived at the front of a wave of lawsuits alleging that the popular platforms endanger the mental health of children.Financial penalties ...

When I was a kid, in 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling went missing, kidnapped near his home in rural Minnesota. His young face was on milk cartons everywhere. An abduction like this was so ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two landmark jury verdicts against social media companies have arrived at the front of a wave of lawsuits alleging that the popular platforms endanger the mental health of ...

A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as Congress struggles to pass legislation. By Cecilia Kang Reporting from Washington ...