Parents in the UAE have greeted with cautious optimism the move by tech giant Meta towith privacy and parental controls. On ...

Social media companies gather data through tracking technologies used in online advertising and buying information from data ...

Sextortion involves scammers convincing teens to send sexually explicit images or videos to them and then threatening to ...

Instagram this week put in place new measures meant to protect minors, introducing “Teen Accounts” that give parents more ...

A report released by the Federal Trade Commission Thursday revealed a widespread practice of user surveillance by social media platforms and streaming services.

All teens under age 18 will be automatically transitioned to the new teen accounts and will fall under the new protections. Users age 16 and 17 will have the ability to turn these features off, while ...

Popular social media platforms and video streaming services pose serious risks to user privacy, with children and teenagers ...

Big tech companies also often claim not to know how many kids use their platforms, critics have noted. "This is not credible, ...

YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report, though its findings were ...

Instagram's increased restrictions will go into effect within 60 days in the U.S., offering parents more control over their ...

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