The European Union and national capitals are trying to make social media and algorithms less addictive and safer, especially for children.

For decades, the question of whether children's television could genuinely teach, rather than simply hold a young viewer's ...

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Pinterest CEO Bill Ready is supporting the global regulatory wave of social media bans targeting underage users. “As both a CEO and a parent, I believe we need to be honest: social media as it exists ...

When we think of Mormons now, we often think of the perfect family: a mother and father and many beautiful children who are ...

Legislative efforts to age-gate parts of the internet are gaining traction. Some experts warn of compliance complications and ...

THE quirky questions parents have asked the internet about their kids include “how common is it for children to get stuck in a washing machine?” and “why do kids like sitting in a box?”. Search engine ...

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.

On March 5, 2025, Brittney Bird's teenage son took his own life after being sextorted all night. A little more than two years later, a suite of bills has passed the Wisconsin Legislature to better ...

BRUSSELS -- Marie Le Tiec was 15 when she ended her life in 2021. Her mother, Stéphanie Mistre, went through her phone a month later, and said she was shocked to discover the kind of content on the ...

Initially, the under 16s ban promoted a false sense of security. As a consequence, Masnick argues, it has reduced the ...