Discover how algorithms influence what kids watch and why it’s important to stay aware. Children wonder how their favorite videos are always next in line. Enter an adult who explains algorithms — ...

A strange and unsettling thing was happening this morning on YouTube. If you typed the words "how to have" into the site's search bar, one of the suggested searches was "how to have s*x with kids." By ...

Instagram’s algorithm serves videos to adults who they think might have a prurient interest in children, according to an investigation conducted by the Wall Street Journal. The social media app, which ...

Kids are even more in the bag of social media companies than we think. So many of them have ceded their online autonomy so fully to their phones that they even balk at the idea of searching the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos and gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that ...

Attorneys general from 14 states are suing TikTok for harming children's mental health. Internal research accidentally revealed this week indicates TikTok knew its algorithm was harmful. Lawyers for ...

If you like to peruse your Instagram timeline but need help understanding the app's algorithm, Instagram has clarified why you see certain posts and may not see others. Instagram says there is not one ...