Research also casts doubt on the efficacy of age verification systems in place to help prevent under-age children from accessing social media services ...

Roblox, the popular online game for children, is under fire over allegations that it has failed to protect kids from sexual predators.

Concerns have been expressed about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots by children amid warnings of inadequate safeguards.

We’ve failed to learn from our failure to act early and decisively to regulate social media. Once again, technology is racing ...

The term “AI psychosis” is growing after social media accounts emerged showing people losing touch with reality after using ...

Roblox and Meta are back in the hot seat on child safety. As kids head back to school and lawmakers return to Washington in September, children’s online safety will be back on tech policy’s front ...

A viral TikTok saga about a woman and her psychiatrist is one of several recent incidents to spark online discourse about people relying on chatbots to inform their truth.

Amid fast-moving events in Los Angeles, users are turning to chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT to find out what’s real and what’s not—and getting inaccurate information.

Researchers say popular mental health chatbots can reinforce harmful stereotypes and respond inappropriately to users in distress.