The E.U.’s new age verification app aims to address concerns raised by tech platforms around privacy and enforcement.

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Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and advises parents, students and teachers on how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media ...

Social media platforms collect more data than most people realize. They track what you click, who you interact with and even where you go. Over time, that information builds a detailed profile of your ...

Social media is designed to be addictive, jurors in a landmark trial against two of the largest social media companies have found. Research in recent years has increasingly suggested a causal link ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify at Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 18. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images) A Los Angeles jury, embracing a novel legal theory, awarded $6 million in ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A jury in Los Angeles may have just done for social media what early lawsuits did for Big Tobacco. Outside the ...

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found YouTube and Meta liable in a landmark trial over whether social media companies should be held accountable for fueling a mental health crisis among children.

The first jury verdict in a series of social media child safety trials this year is in — and it's not looking good for Meta. A jury in New Mexico found on Tuesday that the social media giant's ...