Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor. The Meta Platforms-owned social app ...

YouTube has already faced problems for allowing disturbing, violent bootleg content geared towards children to proliferate on the platform— alongside with popular creators and vloggers who potentially ...

TikTok is facing a multi-state lawsuit that says its algorithm is addictive and harmful to children.VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images Details from a multi-state investigation into TikTok ...

New York’s Legislature passed a bill on Friday that would ban social media platforms from using "addictive" recommendation algorithms for child users. It’s expected that Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign ...

Educators, parents and researchers agree social media is highly addicting, and if algorithm-based posts are not driving the mental health crisis plaguing kids, they're at least riding shotgun. But the ...