CBS News: Social media companies accused of "addicting the brains of children" as trial begins
The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...
Social media companies accused of "addicting the brains of children" as trial begins
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The Hill: New research shows teen social media bans might not be the answer
For more than a decade, policymakers and advocacy groups have cast teenagers’ use of social media as a looming public health crisis. This now widely accepted assumption has fueled calls for bans and ...
New research shows teen social media bans might not be the answer
CBS News: Meta and YouTube found liable on all charges in landmark social media addiction trial
Meta and YouTube found liable on all charges in landmark social media addiction trial
Wired: A Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Puts Big Tech on Trial
New Scientist: Does limiting social media help teens? We'll finally get some evidence
A world-first study will test whether reducing the time teenagers spend on social media really does improve their mental health. But the results aren’t due until mid-2027, by which time further ...
NPR: Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens
Two court verdicts this week spotlight the risks for teens from using social media — focusing on not just the content but the design of the platforms. On Wednesday a California jury held Google and ...
Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens
The Conversation: Early wins for the social media ban, new survey claims. But the full picture is far more complicated
Australia’s world-first national legislation to restrict access to social media accounts for children under 16 years old has been in force for about three months. New data from a survey of 1,070 ...
Early wins for the social media ban, new survey claims. But the full picture is far more complicated
Newsweek on MSN: Who is Kevin McGurn? Trump Media CEO trying to save Truth Social
Who is Kevin McGurn? Trump Media CEO trying to save Truth Social
A powerful image of a justice gavel with floating social media like and heart icons in various sizes hovering above it, symbolizing the intersection of digital engagement and online influence within ...
The U.S. told French authorities it wouldn’t facilitate their efforts to investigate Elon Musk’s X, after a raid on the social-media platform’s Paris office earlier this year. After recent losses in ...
MSN: Social media trials usher in Big Tech's latest moment of reckoning
Social media giants spent more than a decade assuring lawmakers, regulators, judges and the public that their platforms are safe for kids, despite years of accusations that the tech platforms ...
Forbes: Why Banning Social Media Isn’t The Right Answer For America’s Kids
NPR: A short social media detox improves mental health, a study shows. Here's how to do it
If you have ever sworn off social media for a week or two because you sensed it was feeding your anxiety or dampening your mood, you may be on to something. A new study out last week in JAMA Network ...
A short social media detox improves mental health, a study shows. Here's how to do it
Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens’ use of social media, the internet and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The Center conducted an online survey of 1,458 U.S.
Science News: Social media can be addictive, a jury finds. Research hints at a link
Social media is designed to be addictive, jurors in a landmark trial against two of the largest social media companies have found. Research in recent years has increasingly suggested a causal link ...
Social media can be addictive, a jury finds. Research hints at a link
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