In a world where investing is becoming more and more intertwined with social media narratives (read: emotion), thus becoming more volatile – something firebrand quant Cliff Asness predicted in a ...

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday grappled with whether states can limit children’s access to social media sites, as Florida and Georgia pressed judges to ​revive state laws regulating the platforms.

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 ...

A woman took the stand Thursday to testify about her experience using social media platforms, saying she was on social media ...

Germany has joined the growing list of EU nations that are considering banning children from social media. Australia has banned youths from social media since December — and its example has lessons ...

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, ...

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 ...

Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...

Australia recently decided to try something ambitious. Starting late last year, all children under 16 have been banned from having accounts on social-media sites such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram ...

Growing intolerance? Blame social media. Religious and ideological extremism? Blame social media. Lower attention span? Blame social media. I was the one at the dinner party talking about how I’d ...

A landmark case against social media giants Meta, Alphabet's YouTube and TikTok is set to begin Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. It's the first of several high-profile legal cases against social ...

A world-first study will test whether reducing the time teenagers spend on social media really does improve their mental health. But the results aren’t due until mid-2027, by which time further ...