UK police are done waiting for tech companies to act and are now pushing the government to block under-16s from unsafe platforms entirely.
The World Happiness Report found that the more time you spend on social media, the greater the loss to your well-being, and young people in the West are feeling it the most.
Meta’s new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp of the ill-fated Groups app Facebook shut down in 2017. Rather than going to ChatGPT or tacking “Reddit” onto the end of a Google search, Forum […]
A new ISD analysis and WIRED reporting show how 4chan users are turning nonconsensual AI nudes into a repeatable system built on requests, status, and private-platform spillover.
All of Discord’s voice and video calls will now feature end-to-end encryption by default, but there are still two major privacy concerns for users.
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The Surgeon General published a new advisory on screen use. A public health expert discusses what the science says about risks and benefits of screens.
Snap, Meta, and Roblox have agreed to introduce new anti-grooming measures after Ofcom’s public call for action, but TikTok and YouTube still have a lot of explaining to do.
The video clipping startup raised a $7 million seed round led by Slow Ventures.
Instagram takes on Snapchat and BeReal with new feature allowing users to share disappearing photos.