The vast majority of people these days use some form of social media, but some develop what's known as problematic social media use (PSMU). It's not yet deemed a clinical addiction, but it does ...

Alex Beattie receives funding from The Royal Society of New Zealand. He has previously won a Marsden Fast Start Grant. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a ...

The US government is expanding its surveillance of social media to monitor millions of visitors and immigrants – and its embrace of more data analytics and artificial intelligence tools could ...

Texas lawmakers are cracking down on online safety. On Tuesday, the House proposed a ban on social media for minors, passing the proposal onto the Senate. The bill would require a warning label ...

"Individuals with signs of problematic social media use may also be more susceptible to health-related misinformation, so clinicians specializing in different fields may benefit from awareness of ...

President Donald Trump vowed to extend the deadline for the “TikTok ban” until a deal is struck to sell the Chinese-owned social media app to a U.S. owner, saying in an interview on Sunday ...

Social media startup Fizz is suing grocery delivery giant Instacart and party planning app Partiful for trademark infringement, the company announced on Thursday. Earlier this week, Instacart ...

National MP Catherine Wedd is introducing a new member’s bill aiming to ban children under 16 from accessing social media platforms in New Zealand. Wedd, MP for Tukituki in Hawke’s Bay ...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has expressed serious concerns regarding the role of certain social media influencers and platforms in ...

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed the Consumer Data Protection Act into law last week, cracking down on the amount of time young people can spend scrolling on social media. The measure ...

Adolescent mental health has taken a beating over the last ten years. This coincides with increasing social media use among adolescents. A new registered report in the journal Nature Human ...