Conducted during the 2025-2026 academic year among students in 74 primary and secondary schools, the research shows exposure ...

Meta has settled a Social Media Addiction case brought against it; it has agreed to pay $18 billion and set stricter limits ...

Under a settlement of a 47-state lawsuit, the owner of Facebook and Instagram also announced a series of concessions on how ...

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 ...

Even with bans in place, children can access social media using tools like VPNs, proxies, and other technologies. Let’s explore how to protect children from this. Many countries are implementing ...

Determining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of online child safety measures that Meta, Google, TikTok, ...

The report said this suggests that neither the Digital Services Act nor Ireland’s Online Safety Code are “yet to have any ...

California's Legislature passed a bill Monday to keep kids under 16 off social media platforms with so-called addictive ...

Nature talks to specialists about the changes coming to Facebook and Instagram, and whether there’s evidence they will help.

New York State has moved to protect kids from addictive social media platforms, announcing on Tuesday that the SAFE for Kids Act has been finalized and will go into effect early next year. The law ...

John Doe was around 13 years old when he was tricked, blackmailed and threatened by sex traffickers on Snapchat into taking nude photos and videos of himself. Two years later, he learned from his high ...

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and ...