In a major development for online privacy, Google has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of illegally ...

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched two inquiries into Facebook Inc after concerns were raised about the social network giant's handling of children's personal data on Instagram.

The government’s handling of the cognitive warfare threat emerging from the social media platform TikTok has been “passive ...

Instagram’s handling of children’s data is also a controversial issue for the company in the United States. Last year, the company announced its plans to build a dedicated app for children.

Two Democratic senators are raising questions about Facebook’s handling of children’s privacy after a flaw in the company’s Messenger Kids app allowed users to communicate with people not ...

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has opened two investigations into Facebook and Instagram, both dealing with how the latter processes children’s data on its platform, it said in a ...

The independent data regulator in the U.K. has fined TikTok 12.7 million British pounds, or about $15.9 million, for allegedly misusing the data of children under age 13, it announced Tuesday.

The Federal Trade Commission is in the “late stages” of a probe into YouTube and how it handles children’s videos, The Washington Post reports.

Instagram is facing an investigation from Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) over its handling of the personal data of its underage users. The probe follows reports that the Facebook-owned ...

TikTok has been fined 345 million euros ($370 million) for breaching privacy laws regarding the processing of children's personal data in the European Union, its lead regulator in the bloc said on ...