Mark Zuckerberg faces the jury, but not the facts | Opinion

If Big Tech won’t protect children from the harms of social media, Congress has to step in, writes Sen. Marsha Blackburn.

UK launches consultation asking for views on under-16s social media ban

The UK government has launched a public consultation on whether to ban social media for under-16s, inviting young people and ...
UVA Today

Q&A: What should parents know about kids and social media?

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has appealed a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling that blocks Virginia from enforcing a ...
Psychology Today

Harmful Smartphone and Social Media Use by Children

Battles are emerging between tech companies and governments that are trying to limit the harm to children and adolescents ...

Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through the way they design their platforms, deliberately addicting kids and failing to protect them ...
New York Post

Social media is rotting kids’ brains — and especially hurting their memory and vocabulary: study

It might finally be time to set those parental controls. New research suggests that social media isn’t just feeding your kid the latest memes — it may actually be messing with their brainpower. The ...
Yahoo

12 Alarming Facts About Social Media Addiction

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit Photos. Social media has surely come a long way, hasn’t it? What started as a fun way to pass the time now ...
LAist

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Preteens using increasing amounts of ...
Marin Independent Journal

Marin Voice: For our children’s sake, put warning labels on social media now

As lawmakers in Sacramento consider legislation to protect kids from the dangers of social media, I ask them to consider my daughter Alexandra’s story. I share it because she no longer can. Alexandra, ...
Yahoo

Kids Shouldn’t Access Social Media Until They’re Old Enough to Drive, Book Says

Jean M. Twenge holds an unusual place among Ph.D. psychologists. For the past two decades, she has toggled between the obscurity of the academy and the glare of academic fame. The author of two ...
The New Yorker

Americans Won’t Ban Kids from Social Media. What Can We Do Instead?

You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. Let’s say, for the sake of the following discussion, that we agree on the following: Teen-agers have First ...
KETV Omaha

GTF: Nebraska social media regulations for children begin at the start of the new year

AMOS WILL BE EXTRADITED TO DOUGLAS COUNTY, A STRING OF NEW LAWS DESIGNED FOR CHILD SAFETY ON SOCIAL MEDIA WILL GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MADISON PERALEZ GETS THE FACTS ...