Tech companies have been warned to protect young people online after MPs voted down a blanket social media ban for under-16s.

Appstinence founder Gabriela Nguyen deleted her social media accounts and downgraded to a dumbphone after finding the tech ...

Ofcom has today (12 March) told major social media platforms to enforce minimum age rules, claiming they are “failing” to prioritise children’s safety. The regulator has given Facebook, Instagram, ...

Platforms must stop relying on self‑declared ages and instead adopt the robust age assurance technologies that are now widely ...

Ofcom has written to tech firms urging them to explain what actions they are taking on age checks and grooming protections ...

Consumer trust is collapsing and creators are bailing. The platform's metrics -- as reported by a Harris Poll -- should scare ...

I'm already feeling nostalgic about January, when we were all feeling nostalgia about 2016 show Stranger Things, which was ...

Children can 'easily bypass' current security measure on social media, according to the UK’s data watchdog ...

Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube and Roblox are among the platforms UK regulators say aren't putting children's safety at the heart of their products.

These social media and video sharing platforms must enforce their minimum age rules with highly effective age checks, Ofcom has decreed as it “examines continued failings by services most popular ...

UK regulators warn social media can push children towards harm within minutes and demand tougher checks; what might these moves really mean?

Each one is an interruption, and over the course of a day, they continuously nudge you to pick up your phone. So, get rid of them. On an iPhone, go to Settings > Notifications, select an app, and ...