It's likely not a surprise to many that too much social media can put you in a bad mood — but where is the cutoff? This new ...

Tech giant Meta settled a series of multistate social media addiction lawsuits, agreeing to pay out up to $17 billion. In ...

Scrutiny around data security and privacy practices across social media apps, particularly Facebook. -Public pressure for ...

Landmark trial against Meta could lead to fines and fundamental changes in Facebook and Instagram’s operations.

“Screens are ruining our kids.” “Social media is destroying our social fabric.” These are headlines we’ve all seen countless times in recent years. The impact of screen time—and social media in ...

A Los Angeles jury has found Alphabet’s Google and Meta liable for damages in a landmark civil trial over youth social media addiction. Campaigners and parents who say social media use has harmed ...

Smoking used to be everywhere, the way Facebook, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and Instagram are now. Society decided to break the ...

Is social media harming my well-being? This is a question I often ask myself, wondering if I should keep using it or take a deliberate break from it. As someone who follows the science of well-being, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study shows that boys are often shown harmful messages online about what it means to be a man, which can make them feel ...

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 ...