- Tech Groups Ask Court To Maintain Block On Florida Social Media Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 18, 2025
"Just as the government may not restrict minors' access to libraries, movie ...
- FTC Probes AI Chatbot Functionality For Kids
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, September 12, 2025
The FTC has ordered Meta, OpenAI, Snapchat, X, Google and Character ...
- Court Upholds California Restrictions On Social Media Recommendations
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 9, 2025
A court has rejected the tech group NetChoice's request to block enforceme ...
- Meta Reportedly Buried Research On VR Risks To Children
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Former Meta employees have come forward alleging that the tech giant buri ...
- Social Media Fuels Body Image Concerns, But Self-Compassion May Offer Protection: Study
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Monday, September 8, 2025
Highly visual platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat often intensify body surveillanc ...
- Roblox To Bring Age-Estimation Tech To All Users
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Roblox says it is in the process of expanding its age-estimation technolo ...
- OpenAI Says It Will Roll Out Parental Controls For ChatGPT Following Teen Suicide
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Following a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the company, OpenAI says ...
- Meta Responds To Child Safety Concerns With AI Chatbot Training
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, August 29, 2025
A Meta spokesperson says the company is "adding more guardrails as ...
- News Organizations, Digital Rights Groups Blast California Kids Safety Code
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 28, 2025
"People under the age of 18 have a First Amendment right ...
- Thousands Of Roblox Users Urge CEO To Quit
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Roblox is nearing a boiling point with regard to child safety issu ...
- Tech Group Fights Colorado Law Mandating Social Media Warnings
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 25, 2025
A Colorado law requiring warning labels for social media would force "priva ...
- Bluesky Blocks Mississippi Users
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Sunday, August 24, 2025
"The Supreme Court's recent decision leaves us facing a hard reality: comp ...
- xAI Developing 'Conspiracy Theorist' Companions, And More
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Several companion model prototypes could soon become available including a doctor, therapis ...
- Roblox Tightens Safety Policies For Younger Users, Private Spaces
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, August 18, 2025
Roblox says it is applying its policy prohibiting romantic and sexual conte ...
- SCOTUS Allows Mississippi To Enforce Parental Consent Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 14, 2025
Justice Brett Kavanaugh said in a written concurrence that the law ...
- Meta AI Companions Reportedly Getting 'Sensual' With Kids
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, August 14, 2025
An internal Meta document acquired by Reuters shows Meta allows its chatb ...
- Judge Won't Order Snap To Comply With Florida Social Media Restrictions
Raw, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 14, 2025
A federal judge has rejected Florida's request for an injunction ordering t ...
- Court Urged To Preserve Block On California Kids Safety Code
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 13, 2025
California's Age Appropriate Design Code "provides the state with extraordinary power ...
- Book Authors Join Battle Against Mississippi Parental Consent Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 30, 2025
"Many small-business booksellers and publishers rely heavily (often, primarily) on social med ...
- YouTube To Use AI To Restrict Minors From Platform
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, July 29, 2025
YouTube will begin rolling out an AI-powered "age estimation model" on Augu ...
- Rights Groups Urge SCOTUS To Block Mississippi Parental Consent
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 28, 2025
The Mississippi law imposes "an impermissible bar for minors and a significa ...
- Meta Tightens Restrictions On Child-Facing Accounts Run By Adults
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, July 25, 2025
Meta is automatically applying its strictest message settings to help prevent unwant ...
- SCOTUS To Mississippi: Answer NetChoice Petition To Halt Parental Consent Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday asked Mississippi officials to respo ...
- NetChoice Petitions SCOTUS To Halt Mississippi Parental Consent Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 22, 2025
The law "would transform how Mississippi residents access and experience fully protect ...
- Controversial AI Companions Already Popular Among Teens, Report Says
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, July 22, 2025
As xAI rolls out controversial AI companions, a report by Common Sen ...
- Tech Group Presses To Block Maryland Kids Online Safety Code
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 21, 2025
"Online user data is akin both to the ink and paper necessa ...
- Silicon Valley Wants Appeals Court To Strike Down Tennessee Social Media Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 21, 2025
NetChoice will ask the 6th Circuit to block a Tennessee law th ...
- Court Lifts Block On Mississippi Parental Consent Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 17, 2025
A three-judge panel of the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ...
- Tech Group Battles Mississippi Over Parental Social Media Consent
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 16, 2025
NetChoice is asking the 5th Circuit to preserve an injunction banning Mississip ...
- Texas Social Media Law Will 'Bulldoze' Speech, Tech Group Says
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 11, 2025
A new law in Texas threatens to transform social media platforms in ...