A new information ecosystem is on the rise, featuring closer connections, cosy media and worker-owned websites, writes Annalee Newitz ...

"Currently, it does look like the age of 16 is the age at which a child is allowed full access to social media. So you've got to think, what happens when a child is 15 years and 364 days old ...

And that can be a cause for concern if the kids are replacing human connection with machines, according to Common Sense Media ...

Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over During testimony at Meta’s antitrust trial, the Facebook founder’s argument was, in so many words, that platforms like his are not what they used to be.

If social media metrics can be believed, Musk’s posts instantly win many more eyeballs. Trump’s Truth Social reportedly has 6.3 million active users; Musk’s X has an estimated 600 million.

However, after reading Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by journalist Nicholas Carr, I’m starting to rethink the benefits of social media. Carr takes readers on a deep dive ...