Pew’s report also suggests that teens are becoming increasingly aware of how much time they spend on social media platforms. Forty-five percent of teens said they "spend too much time” on ...

Meta declined to comment further on the company's vision for social media's future. In a statement, a Meta spokesperson told ...

The British psychological crime drama also explores social media pressure on teenagers and how it can affect their mental health. The hit series has opened up a conversation on the effects of ...

The report suggests that the effects of social media vary somewhat by gender and race and ethnicity. Teen girls, for example, are slightly more likely than teen boys to say social media has hurt ...

Setting healthy boundaries, such as screen time limits and curating positive content, can mitigate the negative effects of social media. As a behavioral care manager for the Collaborative Care ...

Social media has a complex impact on teens’ mental health, she said. It can be both good and bad. But teens are especially susceptible to the negative effects, the unhealthy comparisons that can ...

The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms and their effects on young people’s lives, similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes.

“It was a very specific type of look.” Though the majority of people online are aware of the effects that social media has on them, Mundel explained that nobody is immune to them. As barriers ...