Utah has become the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users' ages and get parental consent for minors to download apps to their devices

The Pew Research Center latest survey on teens and social media, found that despite the concerns more than 90% of teens are continue to access social media platforms.

Tech giants Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms , Snapchat and TikTok have urged Australia to reconsider a decision to exempt Alphabet's YouTube from its laws banning social media for children younger than 16.

Stuart Stephens, whose 13-year-old son Olly was murdered in 2021, has accused US tech firms Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and Google-owned YouTube of causing his son “serious mental health harms” including “depression, anxiety, sleep deprivation [and] suicidality”.

The federal government has been accused of making a "sweetheart deal" to exempt YouTube from the teen social media ban, as YouTube's competitors kick off a co-ordinated public campaign against the move.

Meta, TikTok, and Snapchat urge the Australian government to reconsider exempting YouTube from legislation banning social media access for children under 16. They argue that YouTube poses similar risks as other platforms,

Photo and video apps targeting young adults with social hooks are a dime a dozen these days, so those that show traction with 18-twentysomethings tend to

Google's Pixel 9 series is getting a new feature that makes it incredibly easy to add more camera angles to your livestreams.

Tech companies like Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok urge Australia to apply its social media ban law consistently, criticizing the exemption of YouTube. This law forbids social media access for children under 16.

Meta is mulling launching a standalone app for short-form videos, The Information reported, citing an anonymous source who heard Instagram head Adam

Can Yope, a new photo-sharing app that prioritizes privacy over public posting, avoid the fate of BeReal and other fleeting social media trends?