Your Attention Please, a documentary premiering this week at SXSW in Austin, Texas, explores how we live in the attention economy. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily ...
A new survey found that Gen Z respondents are posting and engaging less on social media, and while they turn to TikTok the most, they don't trust the app.
Last month the country announced a broader plan to regulate social media, including banning its use by younger teenagers ...
Spain will launch a tool to measure hate speech on digital platforms as part ​of a broader strategy to increase ‌oversight of ...
Meta and YouTube's trial over social media addiction is part of a larger global trend, but age bans may not be the answer.
Every time you scroll, like, or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning, and deciding what you ...
The UK government is consulting parents, children, technology companies and civil society groups over proposals to protect ...
Instead of focusing on screen time, we must consider the root causes: the concentration of wealth in the tech sector.
LOS ANGELES — Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testified on Wednesday in a significant lawsuit involving claims from families alleging that social media platforms have harmed or even led to the death of ...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled Wednesday about whether his company intentionally designed Instagram to be addictive, in front of the young woman accusing Meta and YouTube of hooking her as a ...
Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there's some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause ...
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 ...