A Colorado teen surveyed over 1,000 girls and found strong links social media use and anxiety, depression and sleep ...

The jury ordered the companies to pay $6 million in damages over defective design. The landmark verdict may influence the ...

Juries in two big cases have affirmed what research is finding: The design of social media platforms is particularly ...

The legislation would require the parent or other relative to delete or edit the content within 10 business days of receiving ...

School districts suing social media companies for causing costly and disruptive mental health issues in students are ...

Much has been said about rises in mental health problems reported by younger people over the past 20 years. It is estimated that the prevalence of anxiety for 18-to-25-year-olds was about 8% in 2008, ...

Taylor Little became so badly addicted to her smartphone that she felt she had lost many of her teenage years. "I was ...

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Can the FTC use its antitrust authority to punish social media platforms for allegedly colluding or abusing their market power to adopt policies that ostensibly thwart robust competition of ideas by ...

A major new study has found what many parents feared but science is only now confirming. It’s not video games. It’s social media that seems to be undermining teenagers’ ability to concentrate. Over ...