Lawmakers have held seemingly countless hearings dedicated to the dangers social media poses to the nation’s youth and made ...

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County is offering a program called Social Media and Your Kids, designed to help parents ...

After Australia banned users under 16, European countries follow suit amid discussions about negative effects of social media ...

Lawmakers in the U.S. have social media giants in their sights over similar concerns about the harms these platforms can ...

The popularity of social media and its negative effect on children have become controversial subjects. A growing number of ...

In the era of smartphones and affordable internet access, logging-on to social media has emerged as one of the integral routines in the lives of pre-adolescent kids, who are also known as tweens.

The NASUWT is calling for a ban on social media for under-16s, warning of growing harm to children’s mental health and safety ...

University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg communications professor Jessica Ghilani likens the design of social media platforms to casinos without windows. The introduction of algorithmic sorting to ...

Scientists comment on the evidence around the benefits and harms of social media and social media bans on young people. Prof Amy Orben, Research Professor and Programme Leader at the MRC Cognition and ...

Roughly two decades after social media started growing in popularity, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory in 2023 ...

Australia has barred children under 16 from creating social media accounts.FG Trade Latin/Getty Images Australia's social media ban for children under 16 took effect this week. Australian lawmakers ...