Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor. The Meta Platforms-owned social app ...

Children naturally discover computer sorting algorithms through play, without any instruction, study finds surprisingly.

Meta — the parent company of Instagram and Facebook — has been fueling what the U.S. surgeon general calls “a national youth mental health crisis.” Features like curated algorithms, infinite scrolling ...

In 2017, YouTube purged dozens of channels behind violent and sexual videos featuring kids or cartoons, and earlier this year it shut off the ability for users to comment on videos starring children ...

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The video-sharing app TikTok has evolved into a site that covers all parts of life—everything from recipes to clothing to trending challenges. According to The Pew Research Center, half of American ...

With the school year quickly coming to an end, many parents will soon exchange the daily battle of getting their kids out the door to school with prying their attention away from phones. Smartphones ...