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Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified Wednesday in a landmark trial involving claims that social media platforms owned by Meta and the video-sharing platform YouTube are designed to be addictive for ...

When Victoria Hinks opens up her daughter Alexandra's room, she is met with a room filled with drawings of their family, her dog, and colorful expressions of joy. "If you ask anyone to describe 'Owl', ...

Russia has confirmed that it has blocked instant messaging app WhatsApp in the country, instead directing Russian citizens to use its state-backed Max app. The news comes days after it emerged that ...

“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testifies in a hearing titled Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users, ...

Parents who have adopted the app’s supervision tools to monitor their children’s profile activity would start receiving alerts next week, the company said in a blog post. Travelers who get help ...

An expert witness in a case brought by a California woman against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, testified that the design features of its social media apps are addictive, ...

Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly ...

Adam Mosseri, who leads the Meta-owned app, testified that the company was careful to test features used by young people before releasing them. Adam Mosseri, who leads the Meta-owned app, testified ...

Think of the meme from Chinese American influencers as an absurdist joke, a wellness goal or an ironic expression of protest — or all of the above. Your ethnicity is beside the point. By Yan Zhuang If ...