Kids are even more in the bag of social media companies than we think. So many of them have ceded their online autonomy so fully to their phones that they even balk at the idea of searching the ...

It’s no secret that algorithms are incredibly problematic, leading to everything from racist policing to sexist hiring. But even for adults who are extremely online, it can be hard to understand what ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York lawmakers are trying to limit kids in the Empire State from being exposed to the “addictive” features of TikTok and other social sites without parental permission. The ...

In a bipartisan effort to “protect kids from harm,” an unlikely cohort of senators introduced a bill that would restrict minors’ access to social media, as well as ban companies from using algorithms ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York’s Legislature passed a bill on Friday that would ban social media platforms from using "addictive" recommendation ...

Social media isn’t just connecting teens, it’s consuming them, and we need a better policy approach to curb harm.

Do they realize that showing sorted content is an algorithm? So "show me popular, top-rated, or most recent content" are all "algorithms." ... the wording seems about ...