Tech companies could be on the hook for millions in penalties if Virginia teens scroll on social media apps for more than an hour a day. The state’s new rule, which went into effect on Jan. 1, limits ...

Doomscrolling social media will have a time limit starting in 2026 for anyone under the age of 16. A new Virginia law that goes into effect Jan. 1 requires social media companies to limit kids' usage ...

The government wants to know if you want to ban young people from social media.

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may ...

Starting January 1, children under 16 in Virginia will face new limits on how much time they can spend on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat. The new law, signed earlier this year ...

“You scroll without thinking and lose track of time,” admits Ramón, a Spanish 15-year-old, of his habits on social media. “You see girls sexualising themselves, car crashes, really violent stuff,” he ...

How soon will the government pass a law to ban our youth from social media apps and the spam merchants of smut and gore? Social media is everywhere. Parents’ attempts to filter what their child sees ...

Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. A key ...

The company has brought back its latest NXTPAPER 70 Pro to the ongoing MWC 2026 conference and informed that the phone will soon be launching in the United States. The headline feature of the device ...

Children can bypass age checks through factory resets, using alternative app stores or accessing social media sites on desktop computers. View on euronews ...

Social media ban Karnataka: The Karnataka government on March 6 has banned social media use for children below the age of 16, citing growing concerns about the impact of excessive mobile phone use on ...