Social Media

Sharing reels or liking posts offer the feeling of being connected, but what about the potential dark side to social media? As controversy surrounds tech giants and what experts say can be addictive features, children are left facing a number of problems. Alexis Spence, 21, and her mother, Kathleen, from Long Island, attended a Jan. 31 Senate hearing about child…

Even with apparent bipartisan unity, making laws and regulating companies takes time. What are parents — and teens — supposed to do in the meantime?

Controversy surrounds tech giants and potential addictive features targeting children. With questions of exploitation and safety, NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino dives in to find the true meaning behind our “social” connection.

CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, offered an apology during a senate hearing regarding child safety on social media. Rana Novini reporting. 

The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled executives of some the largest social media platforms in the world, including X’s Linda Yaccarino, TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. The committee alleges these businesses fail to protect children from online dangers.

The CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about child safety on their platforms.

Sextortion is a “transnational crime threat that is actually causing a significant number of American deaths,” said Paul Raffile, a senior intelligence analyst with the NCRI.

Mayor Adams declared social media a public health threat and warns the public on its impact on young children. Melissa Russo reporting. 

On Jan. 4, Braxton and Tia Hooks, a couple known as @tableview15 on TikTok, shared a video from Tia’s point of view of Braxton presenting her dinner in a Chipotle-inspired way.

The man filed a complaint against the women, one man, Meta and other social media companies for comments shared in a group called “Are We Dating the Same Guy?”

Meta says it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers’ accounts on Instagram and Facebook.

A study from Harvard says social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year.

The safeguards that attempted to counter bogus claims during the last election are eroding, while the tools and systems that create and spread them are only getting stronger.

Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own tweets endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.

The Supreme Court is wrestling with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts.

Protecting children from the images of the war has been harder than ever with social media, but officials are trying to crack down on this content. Andrew Siff reports.

New York is bidding to put new controls on social media platforms that state leaders say will protect the mental health of younger users.

New York would restrict the way online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can collect and share children’s personal information and let parents keep their kids from being bombarded by “addictive” feeds from accounts they don’t follow, under legislation proposed Wednesday. The bills offered by state leaders are aimed at protecting young people from features designed to keep them endlessly...

Influencers have been posting ’90s-inspired AI-generated yearbook photos using the Epik photo editing app.