MSN: Is X back now? Social media users react amid global outage of microblogging platform
Is X back now? Social media users react amid global outage of microblogging platform
A critical vulnerability in React Server Components is being actively exploited by multiple threat groups, putting thousands of websites — including crypto platforms — at immediate risk with users ...
CNN: A ‘bellwether’ social media addiction trial is underway. It could set off a chain reaction
A ‘bellwether’ social media addiction trial is underway. It could set off a chain reaction
CBS News on MSN: Meta failed to protect social media users from scam ads, lawsuit alleges
Meta failed to protect social media users from scam ads, lawsuit alleges
Pew Research Center: What parents say about their teen’s uses of social media
About this research This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on social media and how the views ...
About one-in-five U.S. adults say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media, and this is especially common among younger adults. A growing share of Republicans say that those who ...
A powerful image of a justice gavel with floating social media like and heart icons in various sizes hovering above it, symbolizing the intersection of digital engagement and online influence within ...
NPR: A short social media detox improves mental health, a study shows. Here's how to do it
If you have ever sworn off social media for a week or two because you sensed it was feeding your anxiety or dampening your mood, you may be on to something. A new study out last week in JAMA Network ...
A short social media detox improves mental health, a study shows. Here's how to do it
MSN: Social media trials usher in Big Tech's latest moment of reckoning
Social media giants spent more than a decade assuring lawmakers, regulators, judges and the public that their platforms are safe for kids, despite years of accusations that the tech platforms ...
Mastodon is making changes in the hopes of making its social networking service more appealing and easier to use, especially for more mainstream users looking for an alternative to X or Threads. On ...
Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens’ use of social media, the internet and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The Center conducted an online survey of 1,458 U.S.
New Scientist: Does limiting social media help teens? We'll finally get some evidence
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 ...
CNN: Social media use is tied to well-being, according to the new World Happiness Report
Social media use is tied to well-being, according to the new World Happiness Report
CBS News: Social media companies accused of "addicting the brains of children" as trial begins
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 ...
Social media companies accused of "addicting the brains of children" as trial begins
CBS News: Meta and YouTube found liable on all charges in landmark social media addiction trial
Meta and YouTube found liable on all charges in landmark social media addiction trial
The internet has been transformed by social media, and the many platforms are now critical to how we communicate online. The Verge keeps a close eye on everything that’s happening in the social media ...
The Hill: New research shows teen social media bans might not be the answer
For more than a decade, policymakers and advocacy groups have cast teenagers’ use of social media as a looming public health crisis. This now widely accepted assumption has fueled calls for bans and ...
New research shows teen social media bans might not be the answer
New York Post: Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial accusing tech companies of ‘deliberate harm’ to kids
LOS ANGELES — 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 arguments for ...
Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial accusing tech companies of ‘deliberate harm’ to kids
CNBC: A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones
Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...
A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones
Wired: A Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Puts Big Tech on Trial
Science News: Social media can be addictive, a jury finds. Research hints at a link
Social media is designed to be addictive, jurors in a landmark trial against two of the largest social media companies have found. Research in recent years has increasingly suggested a causal link ...
Social media can be addictive, a jury finds. Research hints at a link
NPR: Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens
Two court verdicts this week spotlight the risks for teens from using social media — focusing on not just the content but the design of the platforms. On Wednesday a California jury held Google and ...
Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens
Apple has started pushing Lock Screen notifications to iPhones running older software, warning users they could be actively targeted by hackers and urging them to update immediately. The alerts, which ...
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