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'Smartphone-only' internet access deepens digital inequality, study finds

A new study examining digital behavior in Taiwan suggests that simply having internet access is no longer enough to ensure... Read more

Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how

Online chat service Discord has announced it will begin testing age verification for some users, joining a growing list of... Read more

Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes.... Read more

Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trial

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, summoned by lawyers representing... Read more

YouTube says brief outage fixed

YouTube said late Tuesday it had fixed a widespread outage that hit hundreds of thousands of users around the world.... Read more

A new wave of romance scams is washing across the internet—here's how to stay safe

Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial... Read more

Instagram boss to testify at social media addiction trial

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri is to be called to testify Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom by lawyers out to... Read more

YouTube rejects addiction claims in landmark social media trial

YouTube's legal team insisted Tuesday that the Google-owned video platform was not intentionally addictive or even technically social media, on... Read more

OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT

OpenAI has begun placing ads in the basic versions of its ChatGPT chatbot, a bet that users will not mind... Read more

Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at landmark US trial

Meta and Google-owned YouTube were accused Monday of pushing highly addictive apps on children as a landmark social media trial... Read more

Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdown

Messaging platform Discord announced Monday it will implement enhanced safety features for teenage users globally, including facial recognition, joining a... Read more

Countries using internet blackouts to boost censorship: Proton

As countries step up their use of internet shutdowns to muzzle dissent, some are also taking advantage of the blackouts... Read more

Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes

As deepfake videos of John Mearsheimer multiplied across YouTube, the American academic rushed to have them taken down, embarking on... Read more

How the web is learning to better protect itself

More than 35 years after the first website went online, the web has evolved from static pages to complex interactive... Read more

Spain considers social media ban for under-16s, joining others in Europe

Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a... Read more