Calls for banning social media for young people are rising. A U.S. parent and public health leader explains why bans may miss the real risks — and what may work better.

Gen Z and millennials deleting their social media platforms cite the increasing pressures of being online as well as the ...

Australia’s experiment is the first of its kind, but the evidence from alcohol, drug, and other bans is promising.

Mixed anxiety-depressive disorders (MADD) and suicidal thoughts, online bullying, poorer self-esteem, alcohol, cannabis and ...

Moltbook offers a preview of bot-driven social media, where automated voices dominate discourse even as human oversight ...

Spain joins a growing list of countries, like Australia and France, that have moved to curb kids’ social media access.

Starting this week, a series of trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused ...

Social media algorithms driven by AI shape far more than what appears on our screens, including how we think, feel, and ...

The assumption that social media use harms teens has always relied on an inconclusive body of research.

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. New research suggests perceived emotional support on social platforms may relate to lower ...