It’s too soon to tell if this week’s jury decisions will lead to fundamental changes in how social media treats its young ...

A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as ...

Two landmark jury verdicts against social media companies have arrived in a long line of lawsuits alleging harm to children ...

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress ...

Jurors found negligence by the owners of YouTube and Instagram. The platforms are engineered so that willpower alone is ...

Moltbook, the viral social media platform exclusively for AI agents, was acquired by Meta, the Facebook parent company confirmed. The deal was first reported by Axios, and the deal brings Moltbook CEO ...

Teenagers who use social media more frequently may show slightly higher empathy, according to a new meta-analysis by researchers at Georgia State University. The study, a systematic review published ...

"At the end of the day, everything you see on social media is being shaped by it." The study examines the relationship among three groups that make platforms like YouTube function: creators who ...

Over the past few months, several countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens. Australia became the first to implement such measures at the end of last year, ...

March 6 - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab YouTube ...

Every time you scroll, like or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning and deciding what you see next. But how many of us stop to think about what’s actually driving those ...