Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two former Meta employees alleged in sworn congressional testimony Tuesday that the company’s virtual reality products have ...

Meta executives approved stomach-churning guidelines that allowed its AI chatbots to engage in “romantic or sensual” chats with kids — including telling a shirtless eight-year-old that “every inch of ...

A report by the Tech Transparency Project alleges the National PTA's relationship with Meta "gives a sheen of expert approval" to the company's "efforts to keep young users engaged on its platforms." ...

According to internal "GenAI: Content Risk Standards," Meta's legal, policy, and engineering teams signed off on chatbot rules that made it acceptable for bots to describe a child as "a youthful form ...

At her home in western Germany, a woman told a team of visiting researchers from Meta that she did not allow her sons to interact with strangers on the social media giant’s virtual reality headsets.

Meta AI is still trying to figure out how to let minors use it Credit: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images Meta is training its AI chatbots to more effectively address child sexual exploitation ...

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 31, 2024 in Washington, D.C.Kent Nishimura—Bloomberg/Getty Images Senior ...

In news that should alarm parents everywhere, Reuters just came out with a blockbuster report revealing that Meta’s internal policies allowed underage children to have “conversations that are romantic ...

A nonprofit parents coalition is calling on multiple congressional committees to launch an investigation into Meta for prioritizing engagement metrics that put children's safety at risk. The call is ...

US Virgin Islands lawsuit cites Reuters report of Meta projecting billions in revenue from scam ads Meta accused of misleading public on platform safety for children and adults Meta denies allegations ...

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seizing on new revelations about “sensual” chatbot conversations Meta deemed acceptable for children, dragging the tech giant and its checkered past on ...