Although social media can have benefits, it can also have significant negative consequences for mental health.

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as ...

The problem is not that under-16s are uniquely vulnerable to encounters with screens. It is that all users are navigating systems engineered to optimise distraction at scale. Attention is not ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Understanding the effects of a constantly changing social media landscape has grown more challenging with potential federal policy changes that would limit the funding required to ...

The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...

A 20-year-old woman is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms.

There is no single cause of eating disorders. However, research suggests that social media may sometimes be a contributing factor, as some content on social media platforms can promote thinness and ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was clearly getting testy. "That's not what I'm saying at all," said the tech billionaire. "I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying," Zuckerberg responded. "You're ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last month, Australia banned social media for kids under 16, becoming the first country in the world to enforce a nationwide ...