The American Psychological Association is calling on social media platforms to create “special protections” to help offset the negative effects of social media usage for children and teenagers.
The American Psychological Association is calling on social media platforms to create “special protections” to help offset the negative effects of social media usage for children and teenagers.
No more hiding your X blue checkmark verification on your profile, the company says. The blue verification checkmark of the X social media will soon remove the ability to hide it from people who follow them or users who search their profiles on the platform.
From state capitols to Washington, D.C., lawmakers are scrambling to come up with regulations that can protect kids from the potential harms of social media, since the platforms have been unwilling to adopt reasonable safeguards themselves. In just the last few months, Florida passed a law banning children under age 14 from having a social media account, Iowa legislators backed a bill that would require children younger than 18 to get parental permission to set up and use a social media account,...
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday won the dismissal of some claims in a dozen lawsuits accusing him of concealing from the public that Facebook and Instagram were harmful to children. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, came in the sprawling litigation by children pursuing hundreds of lawsuits accusing Meta and other social media companies of addicting them to their platforms. Twenty-five of those cases sought to hold Zuckerberg personally...
Los Angeles is among cities nationwide trying to deal with shortages of police officers in their ranks. LAPD Interim Police Chief Dominic Choi says while emergency calls like crimes in progress have not been affected, non-emergency response times have grown. NBC News' Lester Holt reports.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a motion Tuesday wants to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt for allegations he violated the gag order in his New York criminal hush money case.
B.C. is putting its proposed online harms legislation on hold after reaching an agreement with some of the largest social media platforms to make people safer online.
Jelly Roll might be country's hottest artist right now, but he's still dealing with online bullying and his wife, Bunnie XO, says it finally pushed him to a breaking point. The model came to her husband's defense during an episode of her "Dumb…
Bunnie XO is taking a stand against online bullies targeting her husband, Jelly Roll. In a recent episode of her popular Dumb Blonde podcast, Bunnie XO revealed that Jelly Roll decided to step away from social media due to hurtful comments about his weight. In a preview for the upcoming podcast episode, set to premiere […]
While four Ontario school boards recently announced a $4.5-billion lawsuit against the social media giants behind Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, Brock University experts are calling for additional actions to address the influence popular online platforms have on teens.
Brad Fittler says Latrell Mitchell needs to stay off social media. Souths star's motivation for footy has been questioned. His Indigenous rights activism has been discussed by Fittler