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2025-01-28

Senators again attempt to ban pre-teens from social media

Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are re-introducing a bill that aims to ban social media platforms from knowingly letting kids aged under 13 from using them. The bipartisan Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA) was introduced last year, but it didn't progress beyond the committee stage. However, KOSMA may pick up more momentum this time around given the current political landscape.


“I'm going to do everything I can to get it passed out of committee and advanced on the floor [...] and signed into law,” Cruz told [...]

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2025-04-22

Teens are becoming more worried about the effects of social media

As lawmakers, regulators call for social media companies to do more to protect the mental health of their youngest users, teens’ perception of social media also seems to be changing. A growing numbe [...]

Match Score: 331.26

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2025-01-16

Everyone suddenly has cold feet about banning TikTok

With a TikTok ban seemingly imminent, TikTok users have spent the last few days fleeing to Chinese social media app “RedNote,” trying to learn Mandarin, and bidding heartfelt farewells to their [...]

Match Score: 189.90

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2025-01-17

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban

The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden Administration on a law that could ban TikTok in the coming days. In a unanimous ruling, the court upheld the law, writing in an unsigned opinion that " [...]

Match Score: 148.32

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2025-03-04

Meta, TikTok argue YouTube should be included in Australia's under-16 social media ban

Late last year, Australia passed a law banning social media for all people under 16 years old. Now, some of those companies — namely Meta, TikTok and Snap — are not happy at one exception: YouTube [...]

Match Score: 106.20

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2025-03-06

Utah is poised to pass an age verification law for app stores

Utah has once again passed a bill that attempts to place new limits on children’s ability to access social media and other apps. The state legislature passed a bill that requires app store makers to [...]

Match Score: 103.36

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2024-12-31

Bluesky and Threads showed us very different visions for a post-X future

There’s no longer any question that Threads and Bluesky have created the most viable alternatives to the platform once known as Twitter. But while the two services may share some of the same goals, [...]

Match Score: 102.89

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2025-04-24

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders: Sold out at most retailers including GameStop, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others

After (what felt like) a long delay, Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders have opened in the US and Canada. Nintendo finally opened up pre-orders in both regions on April 24, after previously announcing (and [...]

Match Score: 97.14

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2025-02-12

Google will use machine learning to try and tell if a user is under 18

Google will start testing a feature this year that uses machine learning to weed out children trying to access adult content on YouTube. The “machine learning-based age estimation model” will try [...]

Match Score: 93.85

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2025-04-22

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders open Thursday starting at $450, plus everything else you need to know

Nintendo finally revealed when gamers in the US and Canada will be able to place their orders for Switch 2 consoles. Nintendo announced that Switch 2 pre-orders will open on April 24 in both regions. [...]

Match Score: 93.41