Virginia has appealed a judge's preliminary injunction against a state law limiting ​children under 16 to one hour of ‌social media use a day.

AI-generated slop accounts for 21% of YouTube Shorts shown to new users. Here's what this means for marketers and where your content is most protected.

For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes. N ot so long ago, Mark Zuckerberg was working in overdrive to convince the world that his ...

Kaley started using YouTube at the age of 6, downloading the app on her iPod Touch to watch videos about lip gloss collections and the online kids game Animal Jam. She posted her first video when she ...

YouTube has banned a number of channels uploading AI-generated content after an investigation from the New York Times into ...

A 20-year-old woman is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. She began using the platforms as a young child and claims ...

Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting ...

A judge approved Google’s $30 million settlement to families over accusations it invaded kids’ privacy on YouTube – and people eligible to benefit from the class-action suit need to file by Jan. 21 to ...

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YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, TIME's 2025 CEO of the Year, revealed he limits his own children's screen time on platforms like YouTube. He emphasized the company's paramount responsibility to young users, ...

Monique Hinton rubbed her fingers together in one of her recent YouTube videos, signaling to her million-plus followers on the platform that she had a moneymaking business idea for them. She first ...

Disney will pay a $10 million penalty over allegations that it mislabeled videos on YouTube and allowed personal data to be collected from children without notifying parents or getting their consent, ...