Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday.

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah announced the decision during the state’s budget speech on Friday. “To prevent the adverse effects on children from the use of mobile phones, the use of social ...

The ban is to take effect March 28, according to a government minister, but details about how it would be carried out were ...

From 28 March, accounts belonging to under-16s on platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, YouTube and X will ...

The southern Indian state of Karnataka, home to the tech hub of Bengaluru, ‌banned the use of social media by those under the ...

The Wikimedia Foundation suffered a security incident today after a self-propagating JavaScript worm began vandalizing pages and modifying user scripts across multiple wikis.

A federal court order blocked Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones from enforcing social media limits for minors under 16 as he previously announced.

Iraq is the only country in the Middle East to be targeted by both sides in the current conflict. There, the war could impact ...

The government is currently considering an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s in the UK, and has highlighted infinite scrolling as a feature which "drives addictive or compulsive use".

The future of social media is being shaped less by new platforms and more by shifting behavior, fragmentation, and ...

A disinformation detection company suspects that she has been coordinating with MAGA influencers to boost her political messages.

Tech giants, including Meta and Alphabet, are spending lavishly on splashy billboard ads, courting on-the-fence politicians and bulking up their ranks of lobbyists.