Every time you scroll, like, or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning, and deciding what you ...

Ian Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Wendy Wood is professor emerita of psychology and business at the University of Southern California.

Has social media run it's course? Not likely. Apps like TikTok, Facebook, and Linkedin more popular than ever. But with fewer people finding it useful and a flurry of mental health-related lawsuits, ...

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

A 20-year-old woman is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms.

Social media has also made many of us angrier, unhappy and at times left feeling increasingly isolated. Social media has allowed us to engage with old friends and colleagues that we likely wouldn't ...

Two of the world’s most populous nations are joining a growing global movement to ban teenagers from social media services.

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through the way they design their platforms, deliberately addicting kids and failing to protect them ...