The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...

Many Americans use social media for news: About a fifth or more regularly get news on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. The share of news influencers in our sample with a Bluesky account ...

Beyond the traditional stages of media capture, “flooding the zone” with an overload of information is a form of censorship.

A jury on Wednesday found that Meta and YouTube are liable for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by young users, a landmark decision that could set a legal precedent for ...

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Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has already been decided. Credit...Hokyoung Kim Supported by By David Streitfeld ...

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If you have ever sworn off social media for a week or two because you sensed it was feeding your anxiety or dampening your mood, you may be on to something. A new study out last week in JAMA Network ...