The U.K. government announced plans to ban social media platforms for individuals under 16 years old adding to global efforts to restrict children’s access to social media.

Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better results by typing your query into a good old search engine.

Low-quality AI-generated content currently dominates children’s media. Maka, a streaming platform run by child development experts, is offering an alternative.

In the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims.

The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are not under the city’s jurisdiction.

The European Commission claims that Google boosted its own apps and products to the top of search rankings to the detriment of its competitors.

As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.

Meta got hit this week with its biggest fine yet, the latest in a mounting pile of court-ordered payments.

After three months of daily anti-government protests—dubbed the Flamingo Revolution—the sudden mass suspension of Instagram accounts has led to fears of brigading against demonstrators.

The European Commission has adopted the EU KIDS Act to enhance the online safety of children throughout the Union.

Images of real children—including a member of a European royal family—were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse. Lawmakers say they plan to investigate.

Child safety groups and former Meta employees welcome proposed changes to how the company’s platforms will work for teens. They also think states should have demanded more.

In addition to sending billions of dollars to states, Meta will make substantive changes to its platforms as part of a landmark settlement.

The gossip blogger was on TikTok covered in what appeared to be blood and wielding a knifelike object before the platform cut his stream. He’s since been hospitalized.

The next time you’re locked out of your Google account, you can use your face as part of the account recovery process.