The law requiring social media users to be at least 16 will apply to platforms such as Snapchat, TikTok, X and Meta's Facebook and Instagram.

Australia will implement the world's first ban on people under the age of 16 using social media later this year—a law that includes fines of over $30 million for non-compliance and is likely to prompt ...

You might use these apps every day, but have no idea what they collect. These 20 apps are quietly harvesting your location, contacts, photos, and more—here's what you can do about it.

A researcher developed an exploit that hijacks passkey authentication. The exploit depends on a non-trivial combination of pre-existing conditions. Neither the passkeys nor the protocol was proven to ...

(NEXSTAR) – For the millions of Americans expecting a check from the $725 million Facebook privacy settlement, the wait is nearly over. The distribution of payments has officially begun, the company ...

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Here are some takeaways from analysts who attended. BofA Securities: Roblox raised the go-forward Developer Exchange (DevEx) payout rate to around 23.4%, signaling confidence in the company's growth ...

A new warning for PayPal users follows recent alerts for Amazon and Facebook users, as new attacks target account holders with messages masking malicious sign-ins. These messages appear to come ...