Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content we consume on social media and ...

We love a good ol’ social media roast, and Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan found himself on the business end of a doozie Wednesday. Absolutely insane week for agentic ...

Let’s talk numbers — roughly 42 percent of children begin owning smartphones around age 10. By age 12, smartphone ownership rises to 70 percent. Additionally, about half of 11-year-olds have social ...

Indonesia began enforcing restrictions on social media accounts for children under 16, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to adopt nationwide curbs. The new rules require platforms deemed ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Two court verdicts this week spotlight the risks for teens from using social media — focusing on not just the content but the design of the platforms. On Wednesday a California jury held Google and ...

The Trump administration announced the launch of the White House app on Friday, promising news “straight from the source, no filter.” The administration announcement followed a series of social media ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A relatively new social media app is gaining—or, perhaps, trying to gain—momentum among Generation Z. The app, named ...

In what may turn out to be a bellwether decision, on Wednesday a state court jury in Los Angeles awarded $6 million in damages from Meta Platforms and Alphabet to a woman who is now 20 years old.

An app aimed at curbing social media addiction saw a surge in new users during the landmark trial that found Meta and Google liable for intentionally designing their platforms to hook young people.

Yesterday, a California jury held Google and Meta liable for causing the depression and anxiety of a woman who used social media compulsively as a child. Another jury in New Mexico said that Meta ...