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

A major legal battle over whether Florida can limit how teenagers use social media is heading to a federal appeals court this week. On Tuesday, a panel of judges at the Eleventh Circuit Court of ...

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 ...

With its inception in just 2020, World Teen Mental Wellness Day provided a new focus on the age-old challenge of attaining ...

As a teenager, Maximilian Milovidov struggled with compulsive social media use. Now he’s a youth advocate advising tech companies and policymakers on how to make online spaces safer. He believes bans ...

Australia recently became the first country to outlaw anyone under 16 from having a social media profile. Spain, France and Greece are following suit.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for a ban on social media for young teens — citing his own daughter and her phone-obsessed friends as examples of why a clampdown is needed. “I had a birthday party just a ...

Laurie Schott and Victoria Hinks both lost their teenage daughters to suicide. And both blame social media. More specifically ...

Parents were frightened by social posts that seemed to encourage violence at schools. But it was more complicated than it ...

Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a teenager is lucky to be alive after trying a new 'fire-breathing' challenge on ...