What’s next for psychology’s embattled field of social priming This revealing episode is the subject of Anatomy of a Train Wreck, in which historian of science Ruth Leys asks how a supposed ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have found a link between use of social media by pre-teens and future depression. The study, published this week in the American Medical ...

A bill making its way through the Texas Legislature would ban minors from accessing popular social media apps and websites in an effort to curb what a lawmaker says is an addictive and "harmful ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The Texas Legislature has already passed a bill requiring age ...

FRISCO, Texas — State Representative Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, has been working on a social media ban for multiple sessions now. The Republican says there’s a time and a place for everything ...

Social media's harmful impact on the mental health of children and teenagers is well documented. Now, new research suggests that the widespread marketing of unhealthy food and drinks on social ...

Nearly three quarters of Generation Z investors head to social media and 'finfluencers' as their main sources of information when making investment decisions, data shows. Gen Z's reliance on these ...

The US Embassy in Sri Lanka says it has observed a recent increase in social media accounts impersonating its officials. It has said in a media statement: “We encourage social media users and ...

Eating disorders can damage the heart, cause infertility and other health problems Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and ...

Experts are sounding the alarm over the escalating role of social media in the alarming rise of eating disorders among young people, warning that social media platforms are inadvertently pushing ...