Meta Platforms’ immunity claim in social media addiction cases hits its first state supreme court this week, as Massachusetts ...

Meta brought the case to Massachusetts' high court Friday to challenge a Suffolk Superior Court judge's October 2024 decision ...

Too much screen time — particularly related to social media use in kids, teens and young adults — is a major concern in ...

(Bloomberg/Madlin Mekelburg and Maia Spoto) — Meta Platforms Inc., ByteDance Ltd., Alphabet Inc. and Snap Inc. must face trial over claims that they designed social media platforms to addict youths, a ...

The vast majority of people who are online use social media, often for hours a day. For most, there is no problem. For others, it crosses the line into addiction. When does normal connectivity become ...

Social media addiction, characterized by excessive and compulsive use of social media platforms, has become a prevalent issue in today's society. Studies have shown that addictive behaviors related to ...

A world-first ban on major social media platforms for children under the age of 16 goes into effect in Australia on Wednesday ...

Australia's under-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology's impact on young people, experts say. A "huge amount" of observational research, ...

The social media accounts of Australians aged under-16 must be deactivated, with companies facing fines for not complying.