Social media apps made $11 billion from children, teens in 2022
Snaphat, TikTok, Youtube and others generated billions in profits last year from advertising targeting young users, a Harvard study shows.
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Snaphat, TikTok, Youtube and others generated billions in profits last year from advertising targeting young users, a Harvard study shows.
A study from Harvard says social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has a long history of making antisemitic comments and just apologized to the Jewish community in an Instagram post written in Hebrew.
Experts are warning that the spread of misinformation could get worse in the coming presidential election contest.
A woman who found herself in a children's shelter in Stockton as a young teen has found the woman who took her in 40 years later thanks to social media.
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas grinds on, social media has become a front line in the battle over public opinion. Teens are getting caught in the middle.
A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts "informing the world about human suffering on both sides" of the Israel-Hamas war.
The European Union is looking into whether Elon Musk's online platform X breached tough new social media regulations.
Elon Musk's X platform has fueled far-right disinformation in Ireland and played a key role in last month's riots in Dublin, experts say.
Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread politically partisan content in the United States before next year's election.
Meta wants children and teens on Facebook and Instagram as long as possible so it can collect and sell their personal data, state prosecutors allege.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids according to a newly unsealed legal complaint.
Unlike Google, Facebook and countless other tech giants, the company behind ChatGPT was not created to be a business.
OpenAI is bringing in the former head of Twitch as interim CEO just days after the company pushed out its well-known leader, Sam Altman, sparking upheaval in the world of artificial intelligence.
Scott McFarlane reports on continuing problems faced by Elon Musk in wake of supporting antisemitic tweet (11-20-2023)
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is refusing to condemn Elon Musk's post endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
YouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including requiring creators to reveal whether they've used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic looking videos.
Microsoft and Meta have released initiatives designed to help voters know when they see a political ad containing altered images, video or audio.
Nextdoor is laying off 25% of its full-time staff as the neighborhood-focused social network company cuts costs with its losses widening.
Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that he underwent surgery following a knee injury he sustained while training in mixed martial arts.
European privacy officials have widened a ban on Meta's "behavioral advertising" practices to most of Europe.
Halloween usually means big business for Diddams Party & Toy Store but this year sales were looking scary until the manager's daughter made a TikTok video. Betty Yu reports. (10-29-23)
Oakland police shut down a pilot program Saturday that used social media for reporting auto break-ins. Max Darrow reports (10-29-23)
A UC Berkeley student is working to combat the negative feelings users get when they're mindlessly scrolling on their phones. Elizabeth Cook reports. (10-27-23)
A computer science student at UC Berkeley is developing AI technology to try to combat the negative feelings users get when they are mindlessly scrolling on their phones.
