Britney Spears' Instagram disappears after comments about music industry

Britney Spears’ Instagram page, which has 43 million followers, has mysteriously disappeared a day after she posted that she would “never return to the music industry.”

Social media companies earned $11 billion in ad revenue from minors, Harvard study shows

Researchers say the findings show a need for government regulation of social media since the companies that stand to make money from children who use their platforms have failed to meaningfully self-regulate.

Koreatown business sues TikToker for libel, slander over video review

Wave Plastic Surgery Center in Koreatown is suing a TikToker for a video review in which she told her followers not to go there.

These 5 news stories topped Google search this year

Severe weather dominated what people were searching about most in the news cycle this year, but didn’t take the top two spots.

Facebook parent sued by New Mexico alleging it has failed to shield children from predators

New Mexico's attorney general is suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram claiming it failed to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them.

YouTube influencer Trevor Jacob, who intentionally crashed plane for clout, sentenced

Trevor Jacob, a 30-year-old pilot and YouTuber who admitted to intentionally crashing his plane in a California forest to boost views on his channel, was sentenced Monday.

'Go F--- yourself:' Musk uses expletive to say he doesn't care about fleeing advertisers

Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in “blackmail" and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away.

TikTok, Meta, X CEOs to testify before US Senate on child safety in January

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing scheduled for Jan. 31 where five major social media platform CEOs will testify on online child exploitation.

Mackenzie Moan discusses viral TikTok video
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Mackenzie Moan went viral after she shared a video discussing the financial hardships her family faces dispute living in a two-income household.

Court document alleges Meta willingly designed its platforms to hook kids: report

The complaint also claims Meta knew, but never disclosed, it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only acted on some of those accounts.