After rolling back its election misinformation policy last year, YouTube allowed right-wing media figures to undermine confidence in the 2024 election results even before any votes were cast, with ...

For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating ...

A Los Angeles jury found Wednesday that Meta and Youtube are liable for negligence in having knowingly designed addictive and harmful products. The platforms were found to have deliberately targeted ...

Social media is designed to be addictive, jurors in a landmark trial against two of the largest social media companies have found. Research in recent years has increasingly suggested a causal link ...

PBS is expanding its already sizable YouTube footprint through a partnership with ITVS, the San Francisco–based producer of Independent Lens. The organizations have jointly launched PBS Documentaries, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services. The ...

Teacher Jill Anderson reads to her class. Concerned about effects on students, Anderson has removed most screen time from her classroom. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

“It’s terrifying,” Fong told me a couple of weeks before Howtown launched. “We’re not young kids with infinite energy and confidence. We are well into our 30s and know that most things probably fail, ...

On the set of a Curiosity Desk shoot with members of GBH News and GBH's Digital Content and Production teams (from L to R): Howard Powell, Joanie Tobin, Edgar B. Herwick III, Anny Guerzon, comedian ...

NEWBURGH HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Three children, ages 8, 11 and 12, stole a car and crashed it into a home after watching how-to videos on YouTube. On Saturday, officers were in pursuit of a stolen car ...

Decorations are displayed at the 89th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 6, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. When it comes to staying informed in ...