A new study shows that cutting social media use for just one week can reduce mental health symptoms, like anxiety and depression, in young adults.

YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.

Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was ...

It would be easy, based on the news media’s borderline obsession with TikTok and X, to assume that those platforms are, if ...

Short-term breaks from social media could significantly improve youth mental health, but they don't necessarily reduce ...

What is the most used social media site by Americans? Believe it or not, it’s not Facebook, Instagram or Tik Tok. According ...

In a new study, published in JAMA Network Open, 295 participants report promising mental health benefits after reducing their social media usage for a week. The cohort consisted of young adults from ...

Michigan lawmakers are once again debating setting an age limit for social media use. Under the legislation, social media ...

Worldwide age limits and a mounting lawsuit against Meta are forcing the U.S. to confront whether its current rules still ...

In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new laws designed to reduce harm online. Other countries are watching, but some ...