Two pupils look at their smartphones in a classroom in Hamburg, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2026. Reporter The European Union is giving tech companies no more excuses to implement age checks for social media ...

Many European nations weighing minimum social media age limits EU moving ahead "full speed" to enforce rules, von der Leyen says Decision on EU-wide age limit law expected this summer, senior official ...

Algorithms. Beauty filters. Endless scrolling. The case over “social media addiction” against Meta and Google in a California courtroom ultimately came down to these elements, legal experts say, and ...

How does social media affect the mental health of young people, and does more use always mean more harm? Several researchers are working to find out through four pilot studies funded by Yale Child ...

Meta is removing ads from its social media platforms, specifically those posted by attorneys looking to recruit new clients for future social media addiction lawsuits. Late last month, Meta was handed ...

Massachusetts lawmakers are in good company in their efforts to restrict social media access for the state’s youngest residents. Enforcing it is another matter entirely. That’s because such bans, ...

The British prime minister will meet with executives from Meta, Google and other companies on Thursday as his government explores how to protect children from online harms. By Michael D. Shear ...

Social media platform operator Trump Media and Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT) announced on Friday the release of a Truth Social app customized for iPad devices. Shares were +0.26% pre-market to $19.21.

Almost Anything can be addictive. Playing pool, watching TV or gambling. Chewing gum. It won't matter how much adjustment is made by creators of 'web pages'; we will always have some portion of the ...

A new Pew Research report finds that most teens don’t believe TikTok or Instagram negatively impacts their mental health, with 60% saying what they see online makes no difference to how they feel ...

The young woman described to a jury what it was like to lose control of her life to social media. She began as a child, she said, and over time the habit expanded to fill nearly every available hour — ...