In the U.S. 38% of adults used social media to seek information about the 2024 presidential election. With sweeping content ...

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 ...

As with Facebook, the larger that Twitter’s social graph grew, the more attractive the network became. Pretenders to the short-message throne, such as Parler or Gab, struggled to get traction ...

Although these platforms commonly require a minimum user age of 13, nearly 40% of children in the U.S. ages 8–12 use social media. The report from one of America's top public health officials ...

Jason Tate, in his always-excellent Liner Notes newsletter 1, has written about the practical value of Threads’ built-in social graph and how it differs from signing up for Mastodon or Bluesky:. This ...