Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York’s Legislature passed a bill on Friday that would ban social media platforms from using "addictive" recommendation ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York lawmakers are trying to limit kids in the Empire State from being exposed to the “addictive” features of TikTok and other social sites without parental permission. The ...

As the New York state legislative session draws to a close, a new Siena College poll finds support for several items before the Senate and Assembly, including protecting children from harmful ...

Educators, parents and researchers agree social media is highly addicting, and if algorithm-based posts are not driving the mental health crisis plaguing kids, they're at least riding shotgun. But the ...

In a bipartisan effort to “protect kids from harm,” an unlikely cohort of senators introduced a bill that would restrict minors’ access to social media, as well as ban companies from using algorithms ...