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

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.

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about ...

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.

Along with identifying samples of 200 accounts with the largest number of followers on each of seven alternative social media sites, Pew Research Center also collected all of the posts produced by ...

Australia recently became the first country to outlaw anyone under 16 from having a social media profile. Spain, France and Greece are following suit.

The "manosphere" — a collection of online forums, websites and podcasts that oppose feminism and promote misogyny — has contributed to the divide between young men and women. Talking about politics on ...

The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment – and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD diagnoses rise around the world, a key question has emerged: Could the growing ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. More than three years ago, the National Institutes of Health ...

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