Social media bans for kids are quickly becoming the global legislation trend of the moment. Children under 16 are finding themselves at the center of political conversations, with countries including Australia, the UK, Canada, Brazil, Austria, and Indonesia, and more attempting to wrangle Big Tech companies’ hold on young people’s attention. SEE ALSO: Australia’s kid…
After spending nearly three hours watching Odysseus struggle to get home, some The Odyssey viewers are leaving the theater feeling like they made the journey with him. That is partly because they watched it in 4DX, a format that rocks the seats with the ships and adds wind, water, fog, and other physical effects to…
The U.S. team did not make the World Cup final, but “The Star-Spangled Banner” apparently did. On July 14, FIFA announced that Grammy award–winning singer and talk show host Jennifer Hudson will perform a “special rendition” of the anthem before the World Cup final on Sunday, July 19, at New York New Jersey Stadium (better…
Kylie Jenner’s latest fashion campaign is selling more than a pair of sunglasses. In the ad for Meta‘s new “Kylie Edition” AI-powered glasses, Jenner moves through an unusually glamorous version of an ordinary morning. She touches up her manicure, looks through her closet, drinks green juice, and briefly inspects the work being done around her…
Close to a year after the enactment of the UK’s age assurance law, the Online Safety Act, Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released a report on its progress. The Online Safety Act requires robust age checks for sites that have content “restricted to adults,” which extends from pornography to non-explicit content like the r/stopsmoking…
The UK government announced plans to establish a social media curfew for teens aged 16 and 17, the BBC reported. The news comes a month after the UK announced a ban on social media for children under 16, and days after the EU announced a similar ban for children under 13. The curfew would restrict…
Rappers are known to exaggerate for street cred. Mostly to create an aura of either authenticity or mythos to get fans to buy in. It’s the nature of the game. But there’s exaggerating, and then there’s just lying. A viral clip of one particularly outrageous lie is making the rounds again, three years later. It’s…
X is rolling out a small but notable change to how it surfaces content from people users follow back, according to a post from the platform’s head of product, Nikita Bier. In a message published Monday, Bier said the company identified a gap in how the algorithm weighted relationships between users. “We’re rolling out a…
Today, the President of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, announced plans for the EU to restrict social media platforms and other “digital services” for children under 13. The statement comes in tandem with the publication of a report on online child safety, in which members of…
Following a lighthearted week of quality time and family reunions, Love Island USA finally announced the four couples competing for the $100,000 first-place prize. After Corbin and Parmida were dumped from the villa in Season 8, episode 29, there were six couples left standing: Aniya and Carl, Kayda and Zach, Kenzie and Dylan, Melanie and Sincere,…