A court ruling with potentially massive implications has found that social media apps are intentionally designed to be addictive, and are harmful to teenage mental health. Academic studies have long ...

The U.K. is rolling out a trial social media ban for hundreds of teenagers. The trial will see restrictions ranging from curfews to time caps on certain popular apps like Instagram, TikTok, and ...

A serious accident leads to legal action after a social media personality suffers a near-fatal fall, raising questions about safety and liability. #News #Trending Trump fires Attorney General Pam ...

The WhatsApp logo appears on a smartphone screen and as a background on a computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on August 6, 2025. WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the amount of damages due to an editing error. The correct total is $6 million. A jury has ...

Many Gen Zers, the cohort born in the years 1997 to 2012, are apparently limiting their internet, social media and technology use, except for one particular app, according to a recent survey. Despite ...

SYDNEY, March 13 (Reuters) - One-fifth of Australian teenagers under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from allowing minors, industry data showed, raising ...

OpenAI's abrupt decision also halts its Disney deal to refocus on business, coding and a potential public offering.

After deliberating for nine days—and emerging at one point to tell the judge that it was having a difficult time reaching a decision—a jury in Los Angeles finally returned its verdict today, finding ...

Certainly the algorithms of Meta are addictive and exploitative. When will the US catch up with Europe in curtailing the spread of misinformation? Now truth takes a back seat to whatever is the most ...

It’s called the infinite scroll – a design feature on social media, shopping, video and many other apps that continuously loads content as you reach the bottom of the page. Handy? Yes. Clever? Also ...