Australia has banned social media for kids under 16. A U.S. parent and public health leader explains why bans may miss the real risks—and what may work better.

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...

Australia is pulling the plug on its teens’ social media habits. The country enacted the world’s first ban on social media for children under 16 this week, threatening tech giants with ...

The facts are well-known at this point (Haidt, 2024): Beginning around 2010, large numbers of American teens bought smartphones and opened social media accounts. Since 2010, rates of anxiety, ...

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...

ARE LONELIER. THAT IS ACCORDING TO A SURVEY. MEANTIME, ANOTHER COUNTRY IS CONSIDERING A SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR KIDS ACROSS THE BOARD. DENMARK’S PRIME MINISTER SAYS CELL PHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THEY ...

Roughly two decades after social media started growing in popularity, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory in 2023 raising the possibility that too much screen time might negatively impact a ...

Experts highlight the need for a clear framework when it comes to AI research, given the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by children and adolescents using digital devices to access the ...