Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A happy toddler boy sits in his mother' lap as a pediatrician leans over with a stethascope to listen to the child's heart. A new ...

In early July, YouTube made a significant change to its software to boost what it deems “quality” children’s content, sending waves of traffic to certain video producers and burying other channels.

It’s no secret that algorithms are incredibly problematic, leading to everything from racist policing to sexist hiring. But even for adults who are extremely online, it can be hard to understand what ...

Payers aiming to cut healthcare costs by using a diagnosis claims-based algorithm to determine whether pediatric patients need to be taken to emergency departments risk billing Black and Hispanic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Attorneys general from 14 states are suing TikTok for harming children's mental health. Internal research accidentally revealed ...

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This column is the second in a series about young people and screens. Read the first post, about connected parenting, here. When I was in high school, I emailed the authors of the textbooks we used so ...

A team of researchers has developed a high accuracy deep learning-based classifier designed to detect YouTube videos with disturbing content for kids. This was done after finding that the current ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Earlier this month, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ...

Chase Nasca, 16, took his life two years ago by stepping in front of a moving train. His parents and many others suspect TikTok drove him to suicide by bombarding him with more than 1,000 unsolicited, ...

A new algorithm helped doctors in Tanzania cut back on kids' antibiotics prescriptions by more than 46% without compromising the children's chances of recovery, a new study reveals. Antibiotic overuse ...

TikTok is facing a multi-state lawsuit that says its algorithm is addictive and harmful to children.VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images Details from a multi-state investigation into TikTok ...