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TORONTO — A new poll says most Canadians support banning social media for anyone under the age of 16. An Angus Reid survey says three-quarters of more than 4,000 respondents are in favour of a ban like the one in Australia, where youth under 16 are prevented from setting up accounts on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads. The survey also comes on the heels of a ruling in California last week ordering Meta and YouTube to pay millions in damages to a 20-year-old woman after a jury decided the platforms were designed to be addictive. READ MORE: Here’s how Canada and other nations could be impacted by U.S. court ruling READ MORE: Liberals to debate age restrictions on social media, AI chatbots Social media age restrictions are on the agenda at the Liberals’ national convention next month, with calls to put the onus on tech platforms to prevent underage users from having accounts. But the majority of those who support a full ban also believe that parents should be primarily responsible for regulating teens’ social media use, not governments. The pollster called this a “curious juxtaposition.” Almost all of the respondents say they are concerned about the impacts

March 29, 2026 / 9:39 AM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Police have arrested two more people over an attempt to place a homemade explosive device outside the Paris headquarters of Bank of America, the French domestic security service said Sunday.  One suspect was arrested on Saturday morning while attempting to place the device around 3:30 a.m. The Bank of America headquarters is near the Champs-Élysées, a popular tourist area. The suspect was accompanied by a second person, who appeared to be taking photos and video with a cell phone. The second person fled when police arrived.  A police source said the arrested suspect said he had been recruited through Snapchat to carry out a bombing in exchange for about $692. Police said the suspect said he was a minor from Senegal. Officials are working to verify his identity.  Two further arrests were made on Saturday night. Police did not specify who was arrested or what role they may have played in the attempted bombing.  France's National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office told CBS News on Saturday that it has opened an investigation into the charges of attempted arson or dangerous damage in connection with a terrorist enterprise, manufacture

Tristan Thompson was in Washington, D.C., for three days.tristan thompson/snapchat Tristan Thompson is being trolled on social media for flooding his pages with photos from his recent White House tour. On Thursday, March 26, the NBA player went on a posting spree, showing photos as he excitedly stood at the podium in the press conference room, met with politicians and joked he was going to renovate his home to look like the historic building. 'I JUST MET J.D. VANCE!!!' Tristan Thompson excitedly posted photos from his White House tour on social media.tristan thompson/snapchat The father-of-five also shared a photo of himself as he sat down for a meal, captioning it, "I love it here," and flashed a huge smile to exclaim, "I JUST MET J.D. VANCE!!!" Khloé Kardashian's baby daddy ran into controversial Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as well, posting "mind blown" emojis to a snap of them shaking hands. In addition, he posted a snap of Vance and Donald Trump's framed portraits. Though the athlete was born in Ontario, Canada, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in late 2020. Tristan Thompson Gets Trolled on Social Media The athlete used three 'mind blown' emojis

French police stopped an apparent bomb attack outside a US bank in Paris early Saturday when they arrested a person about to set off a homemade explosive device, officials and sources close to the case told AFP. The incident occurred around 3:30 am (0130 GMT) in front of a Bank of America building in the chic 8th arrondissement, a couple of streets from the Champs-Elysees. Police grabbed the suspect just after he placed a device, made of five litres of liquid (1.3 US gallons), believed to be fuel, and an ignition system, one of the sources said. After his arrest, the suspect claimed to both a minor and a Senegalese citizen, according to a police source, who cautioned that the authorities were still verifying his identity. He was accompanied by a second person, who took flight when officers arrived to arrest the pair.  The ignition component had 650 grams (23 ounces) of explosive powder in it, according to an initial assessment. The whole device was taken to the Paris police's forensics lab for full analysis.  France's counter-terrorism prosecutor's office told AFP it had immediately taken over the investigation, and confirmed the suspect caught was in police custody. It said the

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Credit:Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to investigate if Snapchat is ensuring a high level of safety, privacy and security for children online, in compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). Snapchat may have breached the DSA by exposing minors to grooming attempts and recruitment for criminal purposes, as well as to information about the sale of illegal goods, like drugs, or age-restricted products, such as vapes and alcohol. The investigation will focus on five areas. Age assurance According to Snapchat’s own Terms and conditions, users must be at least 13 years old to use the platform. The Commission suspects that Snapchat’s reliance on self-declaration as an age assurance measure is insufficient. It neither prevents children under the age of 13 from accessing the service, nor adequately assesses whether users are younger than 17 years old, which is necessary to ensure an age-appropriate experience. Moreover, the Commission suspects that the tool for users to report to Snapchat the presence of minors under the age of 13 on its service is not available to users on the app. Grooming and recruitment of minors for criminal activities The Commission suspects that Snapchat

By THOMAS PEIPERT and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, Associated Press THORNTON — A Colorado woman whose son died from a fentanyl-laced pill he bought through social media celebrated a pair of verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube that she said opened the door for companies to be held responsible for harms to children using their platforms. “The truth is out, and it’s time that they are held accountable for the design of the platforms,” said Kimberly Osterman, whose son Max died in 2021 at age 18. “They put profits over safety.” Flipping through photo albums Thursday at her home in Colorado, Osterman reflected on “the days before social media. The days before the infinite scrolling lured him in.” Photos of him in frames with hearts and angel’s wings dotted the shelves. Osterman said Max arranged to meet a drug dealer he connected with on Snapchat and purchased what he thought was Percocet. The pill was laced with a deadly dose of fentanyl, and he was dead the next morning. Osterman is pursuing a wrongful death lawsuit that is separate from cases decided this week. In Los Angeles on Wednesday, a jury found both YouTube and Meta, which owns and operates platforms

The European Commission on Thursday launched a formal investigation into Snapchat to assess potential violations of the Digital Services Act, citing concerns that the platform may be exposing children to harmful content, criminal activity and illegal products. The Commission said it opened proceedings to determine whether Snapchat is acting in line with the Digital Services Act (DSA). It said that it suspects the platform may have exposed children to harmful content, criminal activities and the sale of illegal products. The investigation was launched for several reasons, including age verification, child exploitation risks and the possible steering of minors toward criminal activities, it said, adding that Snapchat’s default settings may not provide sufficient privacy, safety and protection. Under the EU’s tech rules, major digital platforms operating in Europe are required to comply with the bloc’s regulations. The Commission can impose hefty fines on digital platforms found in breach of the rules. In cases of repeated violations, the platform concerned could ultimately be barred from operating in the EU.eu

BRUSSELS (CN) — The European Union opened a formal child safety investigation into Snapchat on Thursday, putting the app in the same regulatory crosshairs as Pornhub, XVideos and other major pornographic websites — simultaneously found in breach of the bloc’s internet content law. The targets — Snapchat, PornHub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos — all stand accused of leaving minors exposed to harmful content through lax age-checking, inadequate safety settings or worse. In the case of Snapchat, regulators suspect choices baked into the platform leave children exposed to grooming, criminal recruitment and illegal content: Minors are automatically recommended to strangers through the “Find Friends” feature; push notifications run by default; and new users get almost no guidance on privacy settings. Age-checking is equally lax — Snapchat asks users to confirm they’re at least 13, but Brussels suspects the system neither stops younger children from joining nor flags users under 17 for stricter protections. Content moderation isn’t keeping up either. The commission suspects Snapchat’s tools miss posts pointing children toward drugs, vapes and other illegal products, and that reporting mechanisms are buried — possibly designed to discourage use. The investigation absorbs a Dutch probe opened in September into vape sales to minors

Social media platform X swiftly backtracked on its announcement regarding new rules for creator monetization, which had focused on payouts based on engagement from a creator’s local audience. Late Tuesday, X Head of Product Nikita Bier announced that, starting Thursday, the platform will change its policy around payouts and will give more emphasis to impressions from the poster’s region. His rationale was that the platform should disincentivize gaming the algorithm by posting about the U.S. or Japan to gain the attention of those larger audiences. “We will be giving more weight to impressions from your home region—to encourage content that resonates with people in your country, in neighboring countries and people who speak your language,” Bier wrote on X. “While we appreciate everyone’s opinion on American politics, we hope this will disincentivize gaming the attention of US or Japanese accounts and instead, drive diverse conversations on the platform. We invite creators to start building an audience locally. X will be a much richer community when there are relevant posts for people in all parts of the world.” This drew a lot of criticism from users worldwide who said they posted about various topics in different languages, like English, in an