The call to Pittsburgh’s hotline for child abuse and neglect came in at 3.50pm on the Wednesday just before Christmas. Sitting in one of 12 cubicles, in a former factory now occupied by the Allegheny ...

This Safer Internet Day, WebWise are inviting parents, educators, schools, and young people to consider how alogrithms and influencers shape young lives. The annual day works as a reminder to empower ...

In a bipartisan effort to “protect kids from harm,” an unlikely cohort of senators introduced a bill that would restrict minors' access to social media, as well as ban companies from using algorithms ...

This story mentions suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is ...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered recommender systems are feeding millions of children toxic content about eating disorders, self-harm, and graphic videos of Charlie Kirk’s murder.These algorithms ...

Get a closer look at the hidden forces curating your kid's online world This article teaches you how to get inside TikTok's head to decipher the custom algorithm made for your child so that you can ...

It was previously thought that children younger than 7 couldn't find efficient solutions to complex problems, but new ...

More than three quarters of children believe social media is damaging their physical and emotional health – but feel powerless to stop it. According to a new survey, young people see 2,000 posts on ...

An AP investigation into an algorithmic tool used by social workers in one Pennsylvania county suggests the risk outweighs the benefit. The deployment of algorithms and artificial intelligence can ...

Kids' entertainment is massive on YouTube, the internet video-sharing arm of Alphabet Inc.'s Google. It's also incredibly controversial. Because YouTube lets people post clips with few limitations, it ...

The absolute best way to check up on what your kids are doing on TikTok is to review all of their activity. While comment history and search history are available, the watch history, especially, will ...

A study shows that the social network TikTok's algorithm recommends pornographic and sexually explicit content to children's ...