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 ...

Experts discussed challenges and policy ideas surrounding how to better protect children online with MEPs in a joint ...

New draft rules have been revealed as part of the UK’s Online Safety Act to protect children from harmful content, but some parents believe they don’t go far enough. Ofcom, the UK’s media and comms ...

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 ...

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 ...

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If you’ve ever wondered why the content on your online feed seems like it was chosen specifically for you, you can thank an algorithm for that. An algorithm is a set of instructions that tells a ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A new proposal from New York Attorney General Letitia James is hoping to put some guardrails on kids’ use of social media. Muna Heaven, from Mothers Against Media Addiction, talks ...

How did the popularisation of TV in the 1990s alter human proximity? How does touch provide regulatory effects on children’s ...

Anne Wood, the creator of the preschool series Teletubbies, has warned parents that many children’s programmes on YouTube are ...

She also revealed the UK media regulator has held talks with US tech groups about how new AI models fall under the Online Safety Act, with Ofcom wanting age verification to be built in so children ...