California considers restrictions on social media for kids

California lawmakers are considering legislation to restrict social media use for teens and children under 16 years old.

Pinterest CEO calls on governments to ban social media for users under 16

Pinterest’s CEO, Bill Ready, has called for governments to ban social media for users under 16 in a new Time op-ed. He’s now ...

Polymarket Says It Predicts the Truth. Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods.

A review of the betting market’s social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.

Early wins for the social media ban, new survey claims. But the full picture is far more complicated

Sawyer has received funding from NHMRC, other government and philanthropic grants to undertake research on mental health and social media. She is a member of the eSafety Commission's Academic Advisory ...
CNBC

A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones

Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...
AOL

20 Forgotten Social Media Platforms That Once Ruled the Internet

Before Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok became the giants of our digital lives, there was a vast ecosystem of social media platforms that once defined how people connected online. From odd niche ...
CNBC

Meta urges Australia to rethink under-16 social media ban after blocking over 500,000 accounts

Meta is urging Australia to reconsider its social media ban for under 16s as teens look to circumvent the law via alternative platforms. The ban restricts access to platforms like Meta's Instagram, ...
Entrepreneur

After Helping Hundreds of Brands, These Are the Social Media Moves I Recommend in 2026

The social media landscape is changing fast — here’s how brands can show up, get noticed and stay ahead this year. For younger audiences, TikTok and YouTube are the new search engines. By 2026, AI is ...
Engadget

New York State will require warning labels on social media platforms

The State of New York will now require social media platforms to display warning labels similar to those found on cigarettes. The bill was passed by the New York Legislature in June and signed into ...
The Register on MSN

Novel clickjacking attack relies on CSS and SVG

Who needs JavaScript? Security researcher Lyra Rebane has devised a novel clickjacking attack that relies on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).… Rebane demonstrated the ...
New York Magazine

7 Reasons to Think Social Media Has Peaked

The most contentious debate in tech and finance right now is whether or not the AI boom has turned into a bubble, and what the consequences might be if it has. (In addition to your more typical “yes” ...
Phys.org

The hidden impact of social media in the workplace

If you like checking social media at work, all that scrolling could have a surprising impact long after you put down the phone. A Rutgers-led study, published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior ...