Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict.

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

Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury

After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury has heard closing arguments before heading to the deliberation r ...

How Social Media Is Helping Millennial Creatives Finally Get The Credit They Deserve

Millennial professionals are using social media as a professional portfolio to get proper credit for their work.

Gov. Braun signs bill into law creating social media restrictions for kids 15 and under

INDIANAPOLIS — This week, Gov. Mike Braun signed a bill into law that creates some social media restrictions for Indiana kids. Starting next year, kids 15 and under will no longer be able to use ...

Young woman says she was on social media ‘all day long’ as a child in landmark addiction trial

A 20-year-old woman is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms.

Indiana’s social media crackdown for children means parents will have to hand over sensitive information

INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosier parents will soon have to hand over sensitive personal information to Big Tech companies if they want to allow their children to access popular social media platforms like ...

An Amish Avatar and an A.I. Monk Are Pitching Supplements on Social Media

Influencers have long hawked supplements on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Increasingly, the influencers are fake.

How social media draws vulnerable users back to eating disorder content – new research

People recovering from eating disorders often use social media for support, seeking out recovery content, body-positive creators and others with similar experiences. But recent research my colleagues ...
Reuters

Portugal approves restrictions on social media access for children

LISBON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament on Thursday approved a bill, on its first reading, requiring explicit parental consent for children aged 13 to 16 to access social media, in one of the ...
Reuters

Sustainable Switch: The countries banning social media for teens

This is an excerpt of the Sustainable Switch newsletter, where we make sense of companies and governments grappling with climate change, diversity, and human rights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Forbes

What Excessive Social Media Means For Older Adults

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Seniors are now among the fastest-growing demographics on social media globally While we ...
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Instagram chief likens social media addiction to being hooked on a Netflix show in trial testimony

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that there can be problematic usage of social media, but he disagreed that it constitutes an addiction. Mosseri testified in Los Angeles Superior Court during a social ...