Although social media can have benefits, it can also have significant negative consequences for mental health.

When Mark Zuckerberg took the stand before a Los Angeles jury two weeks ago and testified about social media and children's mental health, he addressed a question that has plagued parents and society ...

Along with identifying samples of 200 accounts with the largest number of followers on each of seven alternative social media sites, Pew Research Center also collected all of the posts produced by ...

The problem is not that under-16s are uniquely vulnerable to encounters with screens. It is that all users are navigating systems engineered to optimise distraction at scale. Attention is not ...

Australia’s childhood social media ban is being challenged by two 15-year-olds in the High Court. Even if their case fails, ...

The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment—and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD diagnoses rise around the world, a key question has emerged: could the growing ...

The future of social media is being shaped less by new platforms and more by shifting behavior, fragmentation, and ...

Young people's addiction to social media and video games is tied to a higher risk of developing mental health issues, having suicidal behaviours, and sleeping problems, a new study has found.

Assessing social media and mental health. The brittleness of the glass does not cause the shattering in the way the person who drops it causes the shattering.

When you have a large social media following, you can make a lot of money and make a great life for yourself. Some content creators choose to use, and even build, their platform on the concept that ...