Over the past few years there has been a growing chorus of parents, doctors and legal experts who have been sounding the alarm about the effects of social media on teenagers. Jonathan Haidt ...

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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 ...

Girls (48%) are more likely to say they’ve cut back on social media use than boys (40%), according to Tuesday’s report. General mental wellbeing among teens is a broader concern; 89% of ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand teens’ experiences and attitudes around teen mental health and social media. Part of this study also examines parents’ perspectives. The Center ...

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We know that social media can be harmful to teens. Meta has found in its own research that Instagram makes body image worse for one in three teen girls, and Snapchat has been sued several times ...

One in five U.S. teens say social media has negatively impacted their mental health and nearly half say it has a mostly negative impact on kids their age. A Pew Research Center report published ...

Anthropologists airdrop dozens of smartphones loaded with social media apps, with solar chargers, simple instructions in their native language and Wi-Fi just within the tribe. What would happen to ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, who became the first American pope Thursday, frequently used social media to subtly push back on the Trump administration and its policies, a review of his posts on the ...

OpenAI is reportedly developing its own social media platform. The Verge, which has broken the news, describes the project as “X-like” in nature. Little is known about the new site beyond the ...