Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor. The Meta Platforms-owned social app ...

Instagram’s algorithm serves videos to adults who they think might have a prurient interest in children, according to an investigation conducted by the Wall Street Journal. The social media app, which ...

Attorneys general from 14 states are suing TikTok for harming children's mental health. Internal research accidentally revealed this week indicates TikTok knew its algorithm was harmful. Lawyers for ...

Chase Nasca, 16, took his life two years ago by stepping in front of a moving train. His parents and many others suspect TikTok drove him to suicide by bombarding him with more than 1,000 unsolicited, ...

Kids' entertainment is massive on YouTube, the internet video-sharing arm of Alphabet Inc.'s Google. It's also incredibly controversial. Because YouTube lets people post clips with few limitations, it ...

The researchers, the New York Times reports, find that the same tenets that reward extremism also happen with sexual content on YouTube: A user who watches erotic videos might be recommended videos of ...