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 new study by the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education shows that the use of social media is linked to diminished well-being among children and adolescents. The DIPF ...

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The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...

In striking new statistics, experts warn of social media's growing grip on young people, with use among children and teens soaring by more than 200% since before COVID and showing no sign of decline.

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screentime. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

If you are parenting in 2025, you will eventually reach the inevitable conundrum of when to let your child get a phone, and what exactly that phone will be able to do, including social media. It’s a ...

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their platforms and fail to protect them from ...

French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force in September at ...

U.K. online safety regulators Ofcom and the Information Commissioner's Office have called on social media firms to better protect children online. They've urged social media firms to enforce stricter ...

You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. Let’s say, for the sake of the following discussion, that we agree on the following: Teen-agers have First ...