The home of the world’s highest-flying social media companies is considering a measure to clip their wings.

Jurors will return to court here on Thursday to continue deliberations in a civil trial accusing Meta and YouTube of ...

The 20-year-old plaintiff at the center of a landmark social media trial is testifying in court on Thursday. The lawsuit, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SACRAMENTO, California — A trial kicking off this week in Los Angeles will weigh one of the most fraught questions of the digital ...

An expert witness in a case brought by a California woman against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, testified that the design features of its social media apps are addictive, ...

Jurors will return to court in Los Angeles Monday to resume deliberations in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing ...

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about ...

Ian Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Wendy Wood is professor emerita of psychology and business at the University of Southern California.

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss a landmark trial starting in California that aims to adjudicate between children and families who say that social media caused ...

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - On the eve of trial, TikTok has settled a lawsuit filed against it and three other social media platforms by a 19-year-old Northern California woman who alleges the online forums ...

Meta Platforms entered court this week to defend itself in two closely watched trials questioning the impact of its social media platforms on users' well-being. Are social media apps really designed ...

Alls," journalist Noam Cohen says Silicon Valley billionaires have taken a wrecking ball to many facets of society all in the name of profit.