Meta’s latest update gives users warnings for risky messages, screen-sharing with strangers, and offers AI assistance to stay safe on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram.

Research shows that although most young people have positive interactions with AI chatbots, some may experience problematic behaviors or negative outcomes.

A Washington, D.C. Superior Court judge has ruled that Meta Platforms Inc.'s counsel advised Meta researchers to "remove" and "block" portions of Meta's internal research on the mental health of teens using its platforms,

Meta violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to give Facebook and Instagram users simple mechanisms to report illegal content, the European Commission said in a preliminary decision announced yesterday. Meta also failed to give users an effective way to challenge content moderation decisions, the EC said.

Instagram will moderate the content for users under 18 using filters guided by the PG-13 movie rating system, parent company Meta announced on Tuesday.

A Phoenix artist who built her business through Instagram says Meta permanently banned her account without explanation.

Meta is applying PG-13 ratings inspired by the film industry to content for its underage Instagram users. Users of Instagram’s “Teen Accounts,” which launched last year, will no longer be able to follow accounts that regularly post inappropriate content or find content under restricted search items,