Social Media
The infinite scroll goes on trial
Testifying before a jury in LA, Mark Zuckerberg makes the case that platform design is about free expression. But the walls are closing in on Section 230
Child Safety
OpenAI
Why GPT-4o had to go
As OpenAI sunsets its most dangerous model, the tensions it exposed remain as tricky as ever. PLUS: Elon's space catapult, and OpenAI vs. Anthropic
Social Media
Why the infinite-scroll childhood may be coming to an end
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
What a big study of teens says about social media — and what it can’t
The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids. PLUS: Newsom investigates TikTok over Trump, and the Clawdbot frenzy
Child Safety
Australia kicks the kids off social media
How social networks lost the argument. PLUS: All worked up over Nvidia's H200
Child Safety
Character.AI cuts off teens from their companions
It's the first big developer to say AI companions aren't safe for under-18s. Will others follow?
OpenAI
ChatGPT adds parental controls
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
Are Republicans changing their minds about AI safety?
A new FTC inquiry into chatbots and children shows that some within the Trump Administration may be reconsidering their anti-regulation approach
OpenAI
A ChatGPT tragedy is only the beginning
The chatbot mental health crisis is here
Child Safety
The UK's age gates are coming to America
The rocky rollout of age verification in the United Kingdom — and the privacy debacle at Tea — illustrate why a different approach is needed
Meta
Meta has a chatbot problem
Celebrities, minors, and sexually explicit chats are a dangerous combination — a lesson the company is determined to learn the hard way
Apple
Apple's clever answer to child safety concerns
In creating an age assurance API, the company raises hopes that platforms can keep kids safer without sacrificing everyone else's privacy
Child Safety
Why app stores are resisting a good idea to make kids safer online
Making app stores verify kids' ages could save everyone a lot of grief — but some worry it will introduce new risks
Australia
Australia bans young teens from social media
It's a blow for free expression — and an enormous gift to YouTube
Child Safety
KOSA and COPPA 2.0 pass the Senate
But passing the House might be another story
Child Safety
Snap tackles the teen sextortion problem
What will it take to stop an epidemic of suicides among teenage boys?