When it’s time for Emily, 15, to revise for her next test, she doesn’t crack open a book – she logs onto TikTok. The Manchester secondary school pupil knows what this sounds like. Just an excuse to ...

This is what seven men and five women decided yesterday during a highly-watched jury trial in the US that could shape the future of social media. Metro has spoken with mental health and legal experts ...

A California jury has declared that social media giants Meta and YouTube were liable for harming a young woman by designing their platforms to be addictive. The verdict could affect many more cases.

Barely six months after its launch, OpenAI is ending an app that could generate AI video at the click of a button.

Apps such as One Sec, ScreenZen, Opal and Freedom can short-circuit the automatic habits associated with scrolling in various ...

The infinite scroll is likely the main reason you find it so hard to stop scrolling once you begin. To understand why this ...

In a pocket of spare time, you may reach for your phone to scroll social media - but how often do you end up spending more time here than you planned? You might beat yourself up for losing stretches ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The inventor of the infinite scroll, Aza Raskin, testified in New Mexico, expressing regret over his creation, which traps users in endless scrolling. Raskin explained that ...

Doomscrolling could itself be doomed if European Union regulators have their way. The European Commission is taking a historic stand against social media, ordering TikTok to disable infinite scrolling ...