The New York Times

What to Know About the Social Media Addiction Trials

Landmark trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. By Cecilia Kang Reporting from Washington. This year, the ...

PoshBuilder AI Enters Beta With Desktop IDE and Self-Hosted CMS Built to Challenge Cursor and WordPress

All-in-One Platform Combines AI-Powered Coding, Visual Building, and Deployable CMS for Modern Web Development LOS ...
New Scientist

Does limiting social media help teens? We'll finally get some evidence

A world-first study will test whether reducing the time teenagers spend on social media really does improve their mental health. But the results aren’t due until mid-2027, by which time further ...
India West

H-1B Applicants Now Required To Make Social Media Profiles Public

WASHINGTON, DC-The United States has widened its online-vetting requirements for foreign workers, directing all H-1B applicants and their H-4 dependents to keep every social-media profile publicly ...
NPR

Meta and YouTube head to trial over harm to children after TikTok settles

Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. A key ...
Medical Xpress

Social media is boosting mental health disorders and suicidal thoughts among teens, particularly in girls

Mixed anxiety-depressive disorders (MADD) and suicidal thoughts, online bullying, poorer self-esteem, alcohol, cannabis and psychoactive substance use… social networks exploit young people's ...
The New York Times

Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety

Starting this week, a series of trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. By Cecilia Kang Reporting from ...
Reuters

From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media access

February 17 - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab ...
Hosted on MSN

Solon proposes oversight body to make social media safer for families

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker has proposed the creation of an oversight body that would ensure that social media will remain safe for children and families, by making stakeholders in the digital ...
Forbes

Social Media

Live streaming is creating a gold rush on TikTok shop with some sellers such as Luke Arnel-Cameron's brand creating unprecedented demand in the first year of sales. U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer ...
CNN

Meta and YouTube head to trial to defend against youth addiction, mental health harm claims

For years, social media giants have argued against claims that their platforms harm young people’s mental health. Starting Tuesday, they will for the first time have to defend against those claims ...