Social media can take effect on a lot of things, such as a student’s sleep patterns or their self-esteem. This is alongside mental health issues like anxiety and depression.

University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg communications professor Jessica Ghilani likens the design of social media platforms to casinos without windows. The introduction of algorithmic sorting to Facebook in 2009 paved the way for social media platforms to ...

Parents, teachers and even kids themselves are describing a generation that cannot focus, cannot sleep and cannot look away from their phones, and new research is starting to explain why. A growing body of evidence now links heavy social media use in ...

Social media has become a part of our life. Many people cannot even imagine going a day without it. But for teens in France, this is about to become the reality. This is because French lawmakers have passed a bill recently,

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Australia has become the first nation to legally restrict access to major social media platforms for users under the age of 16, a groundbreaking move that could set a global precedent. The legislation, announced in November 2024, went into effect on Wednesday.

Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, Eranga Weeraratne, stated that the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs and the Ministry of Digital Economy are planning to initiate a national assessment and policy review on the impact of social media on children.