A million Dutch adults get news solely from social media. Only 12% trust what they see.

More than one million people in the Netherlands now rely exclusively on social media for news, according to the 2026 Digital News Report published on Tuesday. They use no news websites, no televisio [...]

US court rules Ohio can restrict children’s use of social media

Ohio can require social media companies to get a parent’s permission before letting children under 16 onto their platforms, a US appeals court ruled on Thursday, reviving a law the tech industry had [...]

Australia’s teen social media ban works on paper, less so in practice

A law is only as strong as the door it actually closes, and Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s appears to have left a window open. On 26 June, six months after the world-first measure too [...]

Australia’s under-16 social media ban stumbles at the first age check, testers find

The world’s first national ban on social media for under-16s is faltering at the very first gate, according to the testers who helped Australia’s government design its age-check regime. In a follo [...]

New Zealand rules out a VPN ban after a fierce privacy backlash

The New Zealand government has ruled out restricting or banning VPNs as part of its planned under-16 social media ban. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford both moved [...]

EU to propose limits on children’s social media access, Ursula von der Leyen says

The European Union will propose limits on children’s access to social media, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, hours after an expert panel she convened delivered its recommen [...]

Vietnam wants under-16s to keep their accounts, just not post on them

Vietnam has settled on an unusual way to police children online. Under a draft decree unveiled this week, users under 16 would keep their social media accounts but lose the right to post, comment, or [...]

Kids who join social media early get worse grades, a big study finds

Getting on social media too young may cost children in the classroom. A large new study has found that pupils who joined the platforms early went on to earn worse grades than those who waited. The res [...]

The Ninth Circuit let 2,400 addiction lawsuits proceed without touching Section 230

The Ninth Circuit handed the social media companies a defeat on Monday. It did not hand them a ruling. The San Francisco appeals court rejected their bid to overturn a lower court and shut down some 2 [...]