Why do social media platforms have such a hold on so many? Apart from “addictive” design features, a place to look is in the ...

On the social internet, our fascination with analyzing the hidden messages in our culture has been flattened into one word.

During and after the pandemic, the user population for social media applications grew significantly, as did social-media-based mental health interventions. However, to the best of the authors’ ...

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Amid rising demand for digital and technology-driven skills, Harvard University has made several of its courses accessible ...

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 ...

Back-to-back verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube could usher in a new chapter in accountability for tech companies, while opening the door to fresh legal challenges, experts tell CBS News. Two ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and advises parents, students and teachers on how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media ...

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 ...

After deliberating for nine days—and emerging at one point to tell the judge that it was having a difficult time reaching a decision—a jury in Los Angeles finally returned its verdict today, finding ...

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Google liable in a trial accusing social media platforms of designing their products to get young users addicted, awarding the plaintiff $3 million in ...

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 19: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the Federal Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles after defending the company in a landmark social media addiction trial in Los ...