Some California residents and outside groups are upping the pressure on Rep. Ted Lieu to lock in his latest bipartisan bill on artificial intelligence so it doesn’t get snagged in House GOP efforts to...

Whitmer calls for social media companies’ accountability, federal regulation at ‘Hard Reset’ summit

Two seismic court decisions in the US have intervened where legislators have failed to defend social media users from exploitation, writes campaigner Zamaan Qureshi

The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles

The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles

OpenAI released data on just how many of ChatGPT's users are facing mental health challenges, and how its addressing them.

The company’s lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress. Meta denies the allegations.

Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.

A GOP-led effort to stop states from regulating AI collapsed after a deal fell through, handing Silicon Valley a painful defeat.

Every day we delay, more kids are being hurt.

Bipartisan letter decries 10-year moratorium on AI laws as ‘overreach’ as Senate takes up Trump’s big bill

The app's tighter controls are apparently not blocking explicit posts.

This week, The Archewell Foundation is highlighting Accountable Tech who recently published a study highlighting gaps in recent protections put in place for teens on Instagram. The report focuses on i...

MANCHESTER — On the damp and chilly Monday morning of May 19, at 7:30 a.m., a collection of individuals gathered on the sidewalk of the round-about by the Northshire Bookstore

Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

Major social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and X have failed to protect LGBTQ+ users from hate and harassment, in part, because they intentionally rolled back previous safety practices, the advocacy group GLAAD said Tuesday in its annual Social Media Safety Index.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley says he is seeking to learn more about the company's practices after a former employee's bestselling memoir.

Zamaan Qureshi, co-chair of Design It For Us, said young people must speak out about social media harms so that authority figures can facilitate change.

Apple Inc. is “actively looking at” revamping the Safari web browser on its devices to focus on AI-powered search engines, a seismic shift for the industry hastened by the potential end of a longtime ...

The core tensions in the Big Tech-MAGA relationship are far from resolved.

I stood alongside families outside Meta’s NYC headquarters to honor children lost to social media harms. As a mother, I’m heartbroken—and as an advocate, I’m more determined than ever to hold Big Tech...

App makers Meta Platforms Inc., Spotify Technology SA and Match Group Inc. are girding for a high-stakes political battle with the world’s two dominant smartphone platforms over who should take respon...

100 days into Trump 2.0 and Tech Bro takeover of the US government, where are we?

The European Commission said the Silicon Valley companies violated the Digital Markets Act, a law meant to crimp the power of the largest tech firms.