The European Commission has announced the Digital Fairness Act, (DFA) which seeks to address endless scrolling, AI-generated harmful content, and violations of age limits on TikTok, Meta, and X. The ...

The European Union is working on new rules to protect children from the addictive designs of social media such as TikTok, Meta and X, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. "Sleep ...

The EU Commission plans to crack down on "addictive design" features on TikTok and Instagram. President Ursula Von der Leyen said the EU expects to introduce regulation for platforms later this year.

Von der Leyen cites depression, self-harm, suicide as risks The Digital Fairness Act would also restrict AI in social media A minimum age for social media access is being considered BRUSSELS, May 12 ...

Texas is suing Netflix, claiming the streaming platform collects subscriber data without proper disclosure and is designed to be addictive. The state's Attorney General argues that Netflix's auto-play ...

If we're going to have looksmaxxing, we might as well have ballmaxxing too, am I right? To be clear, I'm not advocating that either should be a thing, but since nobody is putting a stop to the one, ...

The past couple of Black Keys records have seen the Akron, Ohio, arena-garage blues-rock duo stretch out of their comfort zone a little. Their 2024 Ohio Players brought on collaborators like Beck, Dan ...

A new synthetic opioid designed to relieve pain could hold promise for replacing addictive painkillers like morphine or fentanyl in patients, a study in lab rats suggests. The research hints that the ...

As winter turns to spring on College Hill and trees begin to bud, Brown’s campus is getting greener in more ways than one. This coming Monday, passersby may see a bit of a haze as they cross the Main ...

In separate trial verdicts last week, juries found Meta and YouTube were liable for knowingly designing addictive products. Eric Goldman of Santa Clara University’s High Tech Law Institute discusses ...

Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Sunday that social media platforms are "specifically designed to addict" adolescents and teenagers "similar to cigarettes" were marketed to young users by ...