It is the home of dance tutorial videos and viral comedy sketches. But it is also host to self-harm and eating disorder content, with an algorithm that has been called the “crack cocaine of social ...

Irish youth groups, doctors and campaigners warn AI algorithms expose children to violence, eating disorders and deepfakes ...

Instagram is rolling out significant changes to its algorithm and safety features. The main goal is to directly address long-standing concerns about protecting younger users and accounts that ...

The Irish Council of Civil Liberties is calling on politicians to support a new bill which would force social media companies to turn off their “addictive” recommender algorithms for children. Last ...

Popular social media platform TikTok was aware of the potential harm its algorithm could inflict on minors, according to internal documents that were unintentionally made public. What Happened: The ...

YouTube's recommendation algorithm is steering children toward videos of guns and school shootings, according to a new report. Back in 2021, YouTube’s vice president of engineering Cristos Goodrow ...

A new bill being put forward by People Before Profit is advocating for a situation where social media companies would have to automatically turn off their 'recommender' algorithms for children. The ...