Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor. The Meta Platforms-owned social app ...

YouTube has already faced problems for allowing disturbing, violent bootleg content geared towards children to proliferate on the platform— alongside with popular creators and vloggers who potentially ...

New York’s Legislature passed a bill on Friday that would ban social media platforms from using "addictive" recommendation algorithms for child users. It’s expected that Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign ...

When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos and gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that mimicked the behavior ...

Attorneys general from 14 states are suing TikTok for harming children's mental health. Internal research accidentally revealed this week indicates TikTok knew its algorithm was harmful. Lawyers for ...

Educators, parents and researchers agree social media is highly addicting, and if algorithm-based posts are not driving the mental health crisis plaguing kids, they're at least riding shotgun. But the ...