Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published on Wednesday.
Acting NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that he is co-leading a multistate investigation into whether TikTok is violating state consumer protection laws.
The investigation will center on techniques used by Instagram's parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly known as Facebook) to increase the frequency and duration of engagement by young users.
A 17-year-old had her corpse on display for the world to see after her alleged killer posted morbidly gruesome photos of the girl's dead body to his Instagram account.