Online forum site Reddit and video streaming service Kik have been added to the government's under-16s social media ban.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly signed a new $5.7 million deal to use advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software for social media surveillance. Federal records show ...

Australia's spy chief has warned anti-immigration rallies are being exploited by neo-Nazi groups and "Russian operatives" to ...

ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration ...

Overall, 56% of U.S. adults now say they have a lot of or some trust in the information they get from national news organizations – down 11 percentage points since March 2025.

Increasing social media usage among children has been linked to a decline in cognitive performance. A JAMA study involving 6,554 adolescents aged 9–13 found that those who spent more time on social ...

Aliia Roza, a former Russian “sex spy” who claims she was trained to seduce and manipulate targets, said she studied ...

The FBI says Americans over 60 lost nearly five billion dollars to scams last year— with many starting on social media. In ...

Alex Beattie receives funding from The Royal Society Te Apārangi. He is a recipient of a Marsden Fast Start Grant. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of ...

Facebook Inc on Tuesday said it would remove any Facebook pages, groups and Instagram accounts representing the unfounded and ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson revealed his 2026 budget plan Thursday and in it was a mention of a social media-based tax. But what exactly is that and what would it mean if the budget is passed?

SYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Australia has launched a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign that depicts its world-first ban on social media for teenagers as "for the good of our kids" ahead of its ...