Officials in India are publicly debating age restrictions for accessing social media, a potential fresh challenge to Big Tech in a massive market for users as global debate grows over online harms to ...
Yahoo: NYC Council debates limiting social media time for young people amid mental health concerns
NYC Council debates limiting social media time for young people amid mental health concerns
Biometric Update: Social media identity verification proposal in Türkiye prompts political debate
Digital Trends on MSN: AI is entering the Skynet debate moment in the social media hype circles
AI is entering the Skynet debate moment in the social media hype circles
Yahoo: Modi ally proposes social media ban for India's teens as global debate grows
Modi ally proposes social media ban for India's teens as global debate grows
Bloomberg L.P.: Debate Over Teen Social Media Use Grows in Key Market India
MSN: UK, France mull social media bans for youth as debate rages
Countries including France and Britain are considering following Australia's lead by banning children and some teenagers from using social media, but experts are still locked in a debate over the ...
A month after Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16 took effect, debates have reignited over the effectiveness of such a sweeping measure in keeping children safe online. Almost five million ...
As the UK launches a consultation into a social media ban for under-16s, we hear the arguments for and against in this week’s Debate Banning children from social media can only do more good than harm.
Bluesky, once touted as a challenger to Elon Musk’s X and a haven for liberal-leaing social media users, saw a sharp decline in daily active users in the year since President Donald Trump’s second ...
The City Council is debating a law that would set time limits on young people’s social media use as concerns grow over its effects on mental health. At a hearing Tuesday ...
Tech companies that create social media apps should not be blamed for the complex mental issues of everyone who might use them.
Türkish authorities are considering requiring identity verification for social media access to impose age restrictions, block disinformation and manipulation.
Does social media addiction really exist? And does research establish a connection between adolescent mental health and social media use?
NEW DELHI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - An ally of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed a bill to ban social media for children, as the world's biggest market for Meta and YouTube joins a global ...
Medical Xpress on MSN: Jury ruling sharpens questions over when heavy social media use becomes addiction
On March 25, a California trial awarded $6 million to a plaintiff who argued that the addictive qualities of social media had caused her harm. Google and Meta, which were the companies that were found ...
Jury ruling sharpens questions over when heavy social media use becomes addiction
What is social media? Social media is a collective of online communication channels where communities interact, share content and collaborate. Websites and apps dedicated to social networking, microblogging, forums, social bookmarking, wikis and social curation are examples of some types of social media. The most famous social media platforms (as of 2024) are Facebook, X, Instagram, and Reddit.
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 ...
Forbes: Why Banning Social Media Isn’t The Right Answer For America’s Kids
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 ...
CNBC: A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones
Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...
A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones
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
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 ...
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
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
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 ...
The Atlantic: A Social-Media Ban Really Could Do a Lot of Good
Australia recently decided to try something ambitious. Starting late last year, all children under 16 have been banned from having accounts on social-media sites such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram ...