With 1.4 million followers, Charity: Water is one of the most popular nonprofit groups on Twitter. The organization’s Twitter feed reflects its youthful energy, with vibrant photos of children ...

Mixed anxiety-depressive disorders (MADD) and suicidal thoughts, online bullying, poorer self-esteem, alcohol, cannabis and psychoactive substance use… social networks exploit young people's ...

Chatbots often care more about making human users feel good than they do about giving the unvarnished truth. Welcome to AI ...

The world’s first nationwide social media ban for children has swung into effect, with Australia becoming the first country to ban under-16s from accessing X, TikTok and other social networks. Now the ...

The current king of social media is the short-form video platform TikTok. It’s where trends are forged, news is broken, and opinions spread. Owned by China’s ByteDance, the app has an estimated 1.99 ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and advises parents, students and teachers on how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media ...

The Norwegian government is expected to introduce a bill to ban access to social media for young people under the age of 16 ...

After Australia banned social media for under-16s in December, European nations are now debating their own restrictions.

The upper house of the French parliament votes to ban social media access to children aged under 15 as well as banning mobile phones in senior schools. The proposal was backed by Emmanuel Macron.