A Dale County mother says what started as an innocent gaming distraction for her 8-year-old daughter in 2020 quickly turned ...

Many popular apps collect more of your personal data than necessary to function properly. These 20 apps quietly scoop up your ...

Within two days of Australia’s controversial under-16 social media restrictions becoming law, Reddit filed suit in the ...

Jay Taylor, 13, killed himself on camera after allegedly being driven to do so by a sadistic online group with ties to ...

How harmful online groups recruit kids and the simple steps parents can take to act fast when something feels off.

VIVERSE, the immersive content creation and distribution platform from VR pioneer HTC, has unveiled the winners of its first global "VIVERSE Spark" hackathon for universities. Hundreds of students ...

From December 10, certain social media platforms will have to take steps to prevent Australians under the age of 16 from ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A mother and her 14-year-old son living in Oklahoma County have filed a lawsuit against ‘Roblox,’ alleging sexual exploitation. In the lawsuit, attorneys describe the app as a ...

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...

A Cuyahoga County family has sued Roblox, the popular online gaming platform used by millions of children, alleging it failed to protect users from sexual predators and sexually explicit content. In ...

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.