There’s no denying that social media can be a dangerous place for kids. As a parenting editor, I see stories every day about kids who are negatively influenced or even physically or mentally harmed in some way because of social media. Kids are preyed on ...

Jury selection was scheduled to began in L.A. County Superior Court on Tuesday in the first of a series of closely-watched lawsuits seeking to prove social apps inflict harm on children, but a last-minute agreement by TikTok left uncertainty around how the case would proceed.

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Speaker 1: From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. Kyle Peterson: Australia begins to enforce a ban on ...

Australia has recently enacted restrictions on children under 16 from accessing some social media. At the time of the law coming into effect (December 10 2025), there are 10 sites that are subject to the restrictions. The 10 sites are Facebook, Instagram ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia has introduced a new law banning children under 16 from owning or using accounts on major social media platforms, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle couldn’t be happier about it.

You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. Let’s say, for the sake of the following discussion, that we agree on the following: Teen-agers have First Amendment rights. Social media has become the place ...