"I think the argument for a ban is an admission of failure that we cannot regulate companies, so we can only restrict ...

Juries in two big cases have affirmed what research is finding: The design of social media platforms is particularly compelling and hard to resist for kids. There are growing calls to change it.

Social media is here to stay. In the U.S., 95% of teens use at least one social media platform. And according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, over half of teens admit that it’d be very difficult ...

Social media platforms are “not safe” for teens and are harming them at a “massive scale”, a new report has suggested. The World Happiness Report, published on Thursday, examines data on happiness and ...

In a Los Angeles courtroom, a 20-year-old woman known as KGM is the plaintiff in a case alleging that Instagram and YouTube are intentionally designed to be addictive to minors and cause foreseeable ...

Liberal grassroots members gathered in Montreal, Que., this weekend for the party’s national convention to discuss a variety ...

The push to protect children from social media’s harms is gaining momentum globally and beginning to reach Big Tech’s home turf in the US.

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Ald. William Hall was optimistic leaving a virtual meeting with Meta representatives Monday, with the social media giant ...

Yesterday, a California jury held Google and Meta liable for causing the depression and anxiety of a woman who used social media compulsively as a child. Another jury in New Mexico said that Meta ...

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