When Mark Zuckerberg took the stand before a Los Angeles jury two weeks ago and testified about social media and children's ...

Although social media can have benefits, it can also have significant negative consequences for mental health.

Social media has reshaped the way billions of people connect, communicate, and see themselves. 6 billion users worldwide as of 2024.That number is staggering - and so are the questions it raises.

Recently, Instagram unveiled new policies designed to address what we all see: teenagers suffering the adverse effects of addictive social media apps. The new policies include making teen accounts ...

Karnataka’s proposal to ban social media for under-16s sparks debate on child safety, mental health, privacy risks, ...

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has ...

The problem is not that under-16s are uniquely vulnerable to encounters with screens. It is that all users are navigating systems engineered to optimise distraction at scale. Attention is not ...

There was once a time when I blamed all the world’s problems on social media. Consumerism? Blame social media. Growing intolerance? Blame social media. Religious and ideological extremism? Blame ...

Australia’s childhood social media ban is being challenged by two 15-year-olds in the High Court. Even if their case fails, ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in February 2025, launched a request for information seeking public comment about how social media platforms’ “adverse actions” against users and user content may ...