Short-form videos have become one of the dominant ways young people engage with social media. These are clips lasting seconds up to a few minutes, driven by personalized algorithms that are deeply ...

Children have been asking questions about social media and a possible ban to the government’s online safety minister, Kanishka Narayan MP. Find out what he had to say ...

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YouTube will now let parents limit the amount of time their teens can spend scrolling through its short-form video feature, Shorts, or block them all together. The option is part of a group of new ...

Like any good ghost story, Lights Out is effective because it’s so simple and relatable. Everyone has had that half-second of unease after flipping off a hallway light or seeing something shift in the ...

If you or your kids have spent too much time scrolling short-form videos during your holiday breaks, don't fret—you probably haven't suffered too much brain damage. Wait, was that even a question? the ...

With short-form video now dominant on social media, researchers are racing to understand how the highly engaging, algorithm-driven format may be reshaping the brain. From TikTok to Instagram Reels and ...

There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help. AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it Loading.

You're lazing around the living room after a big holiday meal, when your uncle starts flipping through vertical videos. "Did you see that one of the cat snatching that snake out of a dude's bed?" he ...

Is it real? Is it fake? You feel a headache coming on. "We're being overrun by slop," said Mike Caulfield, a co-author of the book Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better ...