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WhatsApp is rolling out new ad features including a subscription model that will allow channels to offer exclusive content for a monthly fee.
Meta platforms such as Instagram have marketed AI tools that let users create sexually explicit images of real people.
Counselors are urging foreign students applying to U.S. colleges to avoid certain topics online as the State Department scrutinizes their social media.
The EU has hit Apple and Meta with hundreds of millions of euros in fines as it steps up enforcement of the European Union's Digital Markets Act.
Research has shown that smartphone addiction causes major increases in brain activity, requiring the brain to work harder to complete simple tasks.
Instagram users reported violent and other inappropriate content showing up in their Reels feeds.
The CBS News Confirmed team shares tips you can use to tell fact from fiction online.
The move comes two weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg traveled to Florida and dined with President-elect Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago.
"Social media is doing harm to our kids and I'm calling time on it," says Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanse.
Meta bills the new Instagram service as having built-in protections for teens that give parents peace of mind.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that teens' mental health is facing an "emergency," and that social media is part of the problem.
Jeff Collinsworth said he can still hear Saturday's tornado in Valley View and his neighbor's piercing cries for help.
The wrongful death lawsuits come just two days after the same group of 19 families reached a $2 million settlement with the city of Uvalde over the Robb Elementary School massacre.
European Union regulators have opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta under a new law designed to stop tech companies cornering digital markets.
Snaphat, TikTok, Youtube and others generated billions in profits last year from advertising targeting young users, a Harvard study shows.
The state's suit cited multiple recent criminal cases in New Mexico, including one perpetrator accused of recruiting more than 100 minor victims through Facebook.
Retton's family says she is making "remarkable" progress in her battle with a rare form of pneumonia.
The social media company debuted the new service on July 5, a day earlier than expected. It also has a sneaky way to get a download.
"For a company to hire a trans person and then not publicly stand by them is worse, in my opinion, than not hiring a trans person at all," Mulvaney said.
In particular, transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming users are subject to hate speech and harassment on social media, the report found.
Dr. Vivek Murthy urged policymakers and tech companies to take "immediate action" to protect young people.
The bill would also require children ages 13 to 17 to receive parental consent to create a social media account.
Two execs are on leave after a collaboration with transgender TikToker ignited boycott calls, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The launch comes the same week that the company laid off about 10,000 workers.
After passing Jenner, Gomez said she would be taking a break from social media.
A public meeting has been scheduled for June 26 by the Energy and Carbon Management Commission to provide an update on the oil and gas incident in Galeton.
Flight data shows the plane crashed about 30 miles northwest of the airport and the Montrose County Sheriff's Office were asking people to avoid County Road north of the airport.
A portion of Highway 550 in southern Colorado, also known as Red Mountain Pass, remained closed Monday morning due to a wildfire in the area.
A 29-year-old Colorado man died after being struck by lightning on a Florida beach during his honeymoon, officials said.
Police in Colorado Springs said officers shot and killed a suspect who fired at them early Monday morning.
A public meeting has been scheduled for June 26 by the Energy and Carbon Management Commission to provide an update on the oil and gas incident in Galeton.
Flight data shows the plane crashed about 30 miles northwest of the airport and the Montrose County Sheriff's Office were asking people to avoid County Road north of the airport.
A portion of Highway 550 in southern Colorado, also known as Red Mountain Pass, remained closed Monday morning due to a wildfire in the area.
A 29-year-old Colorado man died after being struck by lightning on a Florida beach during his honeymoon, officials said.
Police in Colorado Springs said officers shot and killed a suspect who fired at them early Monday morning.
Starting Monday, drivers in Littleton may notice some changes to their usual route as the city begins a major stormwater repair project expected to go through August.
The city was sued by a local activist after she said the city ended in-person council meetings to quell criticism of the police department after the killing of Kilyn Lewis at city council meetings.
Workers at the Fort Morgan Safeway joined coworkers from across the state in demanding better pay, benefits, and working conditions.
A wildfire has closed a portion of the Million Dollar Highway or Red Mountain Pass in southern Colorado.
Making Ends Meet takes a closer look at a new state law requiring financial literacy in high school and how it is designed to better set up students for success.
Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton, who had been playing with a strained calf, went down in the first quarter and would not return.
An NFL linebacker who grew up in Colorado returned to the high school he attended on Friday.
Bethpage Black is not only one of the best and most demanding golf courses in the world, it's public. One of the rare public tracks that has what it takes to host golf's best.
J.J. Spaun took advantage of a lengthy rain delay to recover and win the U.S. Open.
The All Women's Sports Network is exclusively dedicated to female sports around the world.
Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton, who had been playing with a strained calf, went down in the first quarter and would not return.
As U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities drive fears of retaliation, it remains to be seen whether Iran will try to block oil trade via the Strait of Hormuz.
Satellite photos show the aftermath of U.S. strikes that dropped 30,000-pound "bunker-buster" bombs on Iran's Fordo nuclear facility and hit the Natanz and Isfahan sites.
A bulletin from the National Terrorism Advisory System warns of a "heightened threat environment" in the U.S. following the military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites.
President Trump told the nation that "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."
A Colorado congressman is pushing to make a program that honors the service and sacrifice of Vietnam veterans permanent.
In the wake of the attacks by U.S. forces against three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, many Colorado officials and representatives took to social media in both support and opposition.
Satellite photos show the aftermath of U.S. strikes that dropped 30,000-pound "bunker-buster" bombs on Iran's Fordo nuclear facility and hit the Natanz and Isfahan sites.
A bulletin from the National Terrorism Advisory System warns of a "heightened threat environment" in the U.S. following the military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites.
President Trump told the nation that "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."
Multiple batches of chocolate nonpareils produced by Weaver Nut Company, Inc. and sold across the U.S. have been recalled due to potential undeclared milk allergens, the Food and Drug Administration said.
An NFL linebacker who grew up in Colorado returned to the high school he attended on Friday.
A dog on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is being used in a rather unique way: helping patients with obsessive compulsive disorder manage their symptoms.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued Wednesday will not affect access to gender-affirming care in the state.
Little Remedies® Honey Cough Syrup was voluntarily recalled due to the presence of Bacillus cereus, which can cause two types of food-borne illnesses, and loss of shelf-stability.
Kroger said all employees at the affected stores will be offered jobs at other locations.
The insurer said it stopped the intrusion after identifying suspicious activity on its U.S. network last week.
A sixth-generation Coloradan has made it his mission to bring together the leaders of Colorado's craft beer industry and keep the beers people love in their state.
One of the most successful figures in Colorado business history has died. James Leprino was 87.
U.S. airlines, including United Airlines and American Airlines, are suspending flights to parts of the Middle East amid the conflict between Israel and Iran.
A new paid leave program for city workers is causing "unintended consequences" at Denver's 911 call answering center, with overall leave usage among 911 call takers shooting up 334% in 2024. That's according to the director of the 911 center.
Janel Forde, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's Chief Operating Officer, has left the Mayor's office and taken a job with the University of Colorado.
A steady stream of Denver City workers on Wednesday blasted a proposed rule change that would make it easier to lay off city workers, regardless of their seniority.
A dog sitter is accused of stealing nearly half a million dollars in jewelry. The owner of the dog says she met the sitter through the app Rover.
Neka Sunlin estimates she has checked out about 1,000 Front Range sprinkler systems in the past 9 years, and invariably finds inefficiencies in the residential sprinkler systems that are costing homeowners water and money.