The issue is also urgent because 95% of adolescents are on social media, Murthy said, echoing the case he made in a New York Times op-ed. "The data tells us that kids who spend an average of three ...

Here’s what we know: Social media use is prevalent among young people. More than 90% of youth ages 13–17 report using social media and more than a third say they use it "almost constantly ...

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called for stronger guidelines this week for social media use among children and teens, saying the platforms may pose a "profound risk" to young people's ...

Social media’s negative effects on youth mental health have been well-documented, leading the U.S. Surgeon General to issue a warning about its potential harms.

The impact of social media on young people’s mental health and well-being is a growing topic of concern among parents, educators, health care professionals and regulators. And now, nearly half ...

Social media features such as endless scrolling and push notifications are “particularly risky” to young people, whose developing brains are less able to disengage from addictive experiences ...

Today at 5:30, the topic is "Youth, Identity and the Media." "We aren't really set up to solve a problem, but to set up a dialogue," said Tom Daly, curator of education at the museum. This broad topic ...

School districts across the country are increasingly taking on social media, filing lawsuits that argue that Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube have helped create the nation’s surging youth ...

At Youth and Media she collaborates closely with talented young people (ages 12-18) and engages with researchers in the field who share an interest in exploring innovative ways to understand, evaluate ...

Social media can profoundly harm the mental health of youth, particularly adolescent girls, the U.S. Surgeon General warned in an advisory on Tuesday, and he called for safeguards from tech ...

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walked into the sunlit hotel conference room in Brooklyn on Thursday to meet with a dozen youth leaders working in tech safety, policy, and innovation. The young ...