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Dear Annie: I used to think I had decent self-control. Now I’m not so sure. Somewhere along the way, Instagram became the background music of my life. I wake up and reach for my phone before my eyes ...

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Recent Harvard alumna Gabriela Nguyen started a movement to help people quit social media. The 24-year-old grew up in the Silicon Valley. She's behind the growing "Appstinence," tech resistant ...

A group of young people using smartphone forming a circle outdoors. Social media is here to stay. In the U.S., 95% of teens use at least one social media platform. And according to a 2023 Pew Research ...