Social Media
A lawsuit that begins in LA this week, along with a new investigation into TikTok by the European Commission, could change social apps forever. PLUS: AI ads at the Super Bowl and in ChatGPT
Child Safety
The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids. PLUS: Newsom investigates TikTok over Trump, and the Clawdbot frenzy
Child Safety
How social networks lost the argument. PLUS: All worked up over Nvidia's H200
Child Safety
It's the first big developer to say AI companions aren't safe for under-18s. Will others follow?
OpenAI
Will the rest of the industry follow? PLUS: Claude Sonnet 4.5's software-on-demand dream, and your responses to my anniversary post
AI
A new FTC inquiry into chatbots and children shows that some within the Trump Administration may be reconsidering their anti-regulation approach
OpenAI
The chatbot mental health crisis is here
Child Safety
The rocky rollout of age verification in the United Kingdom — and the privacy debacle at Tea — illustrate why a different approach is needed
Meta
Celebrities, minors, and sexually explicit chats are a dangerous combination — a lesson the company is determined to learn the hard way
Apple
In creating an age assurance API, the company raises hopes that platforms can keep kids safer without sacrificing everyone else's privacy
Child Safety
Making app stores verify kids' ages could save everyone a lot of grief — but some worry it will introduce new risks
Australia
It's a blow for free expression — and an enormous gift to YouTube
Child Safety
But passing the House might be another story
Child Safety
What will it take to stop an epidemic of suicides among teenage boys?
Child Safety
A year after issuing an advisory, Vivek Murthy sharpens his rhetoric
Child Safety
Jonathan Haidt wrote a best-selling book about teens and social media. Not everyone buys its thesis