Meta has agreed to pay $18 billion over ten years and implement sweeping child-safety changes, including a two-hour daily time limit for minors on Instagram and Facebook, to settle a lawsuit brought b…
A substitute teacher in California, Luis DeSantiago, was targeted by students who used AI 'nudify' apps to create a fake lingerie image of him that spread on TikTok and Snapchat, prompting him to avoi…
New Zealand proposed a bill on August 24, 2026, to bar children under 16 from TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and AI companions, with fines up to $40 million or 10% of global revenue for non-co…
A substitute teacher in Los Banos, California, Luis DeSantiago, was targeted by students who used AI to create and circulate sexualized images of him, leading him to avoid returning to the district. W…
Over one million LinkedIn users have clicked its 'seems like AI slop' button since it launched in August, according to Hari Srinivasan, Chief Product Officer at LinkedIn, who also estimates members no…
A Gallup poll found that Americans' increased familiarity with generative AI coincides with negative attitudes, with nearly half of 18- to 29-year-olds viewing it as more harmful than good. In respons…
AI is amplifying social comparison and creating new mental health risks for teenagers, according to a new guide for parents. The post highlights that AI-enhanced images on social media are now ubiquit…
Snap Inc. announced on July 31 that wholly AI-generated videos will no longer be eligible for recommendation on its Spotlight feature, a change aimed at rewarding authentic human-created content amid …
Snap Inc. updated Spotlight recommendations in July 2026 so wholly AI-generated videos are no longer eligible for distribution in the short-form discovery feed, while content enhanced or edited with S…
Snapchat's automated safety system sent a private group chat from 22-year-old student teacher Kristen Volpe to the FBI, leading to her arrest at John L. Hensey Elementary School in Washington, Illinoi…
Snap Inc. announced on July 31 that wholly AI-generated videos will no longer be eligible for recommendation in Spotlight, Snapchat's discovery feed, to 'reward authentic creativity.' The policy, whic…
Snapchat has stopped algorithmically recommending wholly AI-generated videos on Spotlight, its short-form video feed, as the company tries to direct more distribution toward videos made by people. The…
Snap Inc. announced that wholly AI-generated videos will no longer be eligible for recommendation on Spotlight, the short-video feed in Snapchat, effective this month, to reward authentic human-made c…
Snap Inc. announced that Snapchat will ban AI-generated content from its Spotlight feed, joining LinkedIn, Substack, and TikTok in addressing the proliferation of low-quality AI slop on social media p…
LinkedIn added a 'Seems like AI slop' button on Thursday to let users flag low-quality or AI-heavy posts, as the company blocks hundreds of thousands of automated slop comment attempts daily and has p…
Snapchat, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack are implementing measures to combat the spread of AI-generated fake content, commonly referred to as 'AI slop'. The platforms are responding to a surge in low…
Four families filed a lawsuit Thursday in Delaware Superior Court against Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, alleging the platforms' addictive algorithms contributed to the suicides of four teenager…
Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, announced on Friday that its Spotlight recommendation system will no longer reward fully AI-generated videos, prioritizing content created by real people. Th…
Snap Inc. announced that as of this month, wholly AI-generated videos will no longer be eligible for recommendation on Spotlight, its user-generated content platform, to prioritize authentic, human-ma…
Former Love Island USA star Nicolas Vansteenberghe is facing backlash after sharing an AI-generated image depicting himself with darker skin and wearing grillz, which fans have accused of cultural app…