Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict.

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has ...
PolitiFact

Social media feeds are awash with Iran war misinformation. Here’s how to identify false imagery

Tal Hagin, an open-source intelligence analyst based in Israel, compiles misinformation and shares his findings on X daily. He said he’s seen people recycling footage of Iranian missile strikes in ...

Florida's social media law for teens heads to appeals court

A federal appeals court will hear arguments on a Florida law restricting minors' social media access, challenged as a First Amendment violation.
Tech Xplore

Early-warning model developed to predict toxic social media storms

Researchers at the University at Albany and Rutgers University have developed an early-warning framework that can predict ...
PBS

Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed trial testing social media addiction claims

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta's platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Meta's CEO is expected to answer ...
CNBC

India discussing age-based restrictions with social media firms, top minister says

India is discussing age-based social media restrictions with social media companies, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday. Any crackdown in India, a country of 1.4 billion people, could have a ...
Fox Business

Stanford psychiatrist testifies in California trial that social media platforms are designed to be addictive

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, ...
Gizmodo

Countries Across Europe Take Action to Ban Social Media for Minors

Under-16 social media bans are picking up steam across Europe. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis was the latest leader to praise a ban, saying that the experts he’s spoken to have said that social ...
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 ...
Wired

A Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Puts Big Tech on 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 ...
Engadget

Spain set to ban social media for children under 16

Spain will join the growing list of countries banning access to social media for children, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday. The law will apply to users under 16 years of age amidst a ...
Forbes

Why Banning Social Media Isn’t The Right Answer For America’s Kids

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Castrucci is the president & CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...