Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's YouTube dispute claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm ...

Yet the Spanish government’s plan to bar children under 16 from social media, announced earlier this month, leaves Ramón cold. His contemporaries would easily find ways around it, he thinks. His ...

I ran mental health for Indiana. Banning kids from social media lets us avoid the harder question: Why can't we control ...

Calls for banning social media for young people are rising. A U.S. parent and public health leader explains why bans may miss the real risks — and what may work better.

A new Common Sense Media report reveals that adults want more protection for their data and the privacy of children.

There’s no denying that social media can be a dangerous place for kids. As a parenting editor, I see stories every day about kids who are negatively influenced or even physically or mentally harmed in ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...

In case parents needed another reason to police their children's screen time, new research shows that social media use is hurting preteens' memory and reading skills. The new study, published Monday ...

Despite the benefits social media is alleged to have brought to information sharing and community building, I think we should call it for what it is: an epic dumpster fire and a failed social ...

In Australia, as this school year ended, kids under 16 also lost access to social media. Some are relieved. Some are furious. Many are quietly wondering: what now? From a digital well-being ...

Social skills are an incredibly important element to daily life, as we are constantly interacting with humans whether it’s on ...