Lawmakers at the Capitol are taking a new approach to protect kids from social media addiction, and it could soon become law.

Children today can encounter harmful material online with alarming ease, including violent, sexual and self-harm content.

If you’ve spent any time on Facebook lately, you may have seen a post claiming you can “reset the Facebook algorithm.” The message usually says something like: “Hold your finger on this post. Click ...

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Utah lawmakers look poised to pass a new tax intended to punish big social-media companies. The law won’t achieve its stated goal of protecting kids from data mining, but it will do plenty of damage ...

Florence Hunt as Hyacinth Bridgerton in "Bridgerton" (Liam Daniel/Netflix) Netflix is expanding its audience targeting capabilities for advertisers through partnerships with Amazon and Yahoo. Starting ...

Targeted advertising runs on data – location signals, browsing history, voice assistants, and artificial intelligence. Most of the time, consumers barely notice. But when personalization becomes too ...

In what may be the least surprising survey result of 2026, 88% of Americans say they expect to get interest-based ads. Not fear. Not vaguely suspect. Expect. In fact, equal portions say they always ...

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A bill that would create a tax on big tech companies that provide targeted advertising has advanced out of committee, and it is now headed to the Senate floor. S.B. 287 ...