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It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16.

Telegram, which for years has had a reputation as a platform used to trade child sexual abuse material, has for the first time agreed to partner with a larger international watch group to combat such content.

The Australian Senate has passed a social media ban for children under 16 years old that will soon become a world-first law.

Bluesky could be on the verge of a turning point if it continues rapidly attracting users and finds a way to monetize without scaring them off.

After announcing he would not return to Congress, Matt Gaetz appears to be trying out a new career option: creating personalized videos for his fans on Cameo.

Elon Musk’s X implemented new terms of service that are driving some users off the microblogging platform. 

Bluesky is a microblogging social media platform known for its similarities to X (formerly Twitter), its former parent company.

Championed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Bluesky was an invitation-only space until it opened to the public in February.

St. Pauli, a club in Germany’s top soccer league, said Thursday Elon Musk supported Donald Trump during the U.S. election “with the help of X.”

In its analysis, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue pointed to a recent viral X post in which white nationalist Nick Fuentes said, “Your body, my choice. Forever.”

X users are weighing the decision to keep their followings or build them back up on alternative platforms after the election.

One expert says Australia is “on the verge of reclaiming childhood after it had been stolen for 15 years.”

Australia’s prime minister said the legislation is for parents who are “worried sick” like him about the harm of social media.

California’s attorney general is working on legislation to include warning labels on social media, stirring up controversy in the process.

4B is a feminist movement that is believed to have originated in South Korea which calls for women to not date, marry, have sex with, or have children with men.

Elon Musk is the most-followed user on X, and election misinformation he spreads on the platform oftentimes far surpasses accurate information spread by government officials.

TikTok “tradwife” Gretchen Adler is weighing in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch which parodied her and other “tradwives” as it spoofed a TikTok “for you page.”

Meta’s head of global safety said “sextortion” has become more common across social media platforms, including Instagram.

California Live’s Jessica Vilchis chats with career expert Laura Gassner Otting about why we constantly compare ourselves to others. Laura says basing our success on other people’s social media feeds is like “comparing our bloopers to everyone else’s highlight reels.” They also chat about ways to reframe how you define success.

Martha Stewart exclusively told E! News that while she doesn’t love the term “Trad Wife,” she is a big fan of some of the viral content creators who have been dubbed with the title.