After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark ...

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

In closing arguments for the first social media addiction trial to make tech giants face a jury, the plaintiff's lawyer ...

Children and adolescents vulnerable to addictive design of infinite scrolling and attention-driven algorithms, mental health professional says - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Meta and YouTube accused of creating harmful products in trial seen as a bellwether for attitudes towards social media ...

Teens are growing up online, but the risks are rising faster than the rules. With under-16 bans under discussion, parents, politicians, and experts are asking: what actually keeps young people safe?

Researchers from the University of Arkansas recently released findings from two studies suggesting possible mental health protections for online gamers and social media users.

According to Aamir Khan, the algorithm of social media platforms has been designed in a way to keep viewers hooked.

LOS ANGELES — Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse into what will be a lengthy trial characterized by ...

From doomscrolling and cyberbullying to climate anxiety and war footage, children today are growing up under a constant ...

Two years ago, the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s book about the dangers of social-media became a best-seller—and the subject of some critical eye-rolling. Now, for many, it’s become essential.