Juries in two big cases have affirmed what research is finding: The design of social media platforms is particularly compelling and hard to resist for kids. There are growing calls to change it.

The proposed response – in Australia, now proposed in the UK and elsewhere – is to ban social media for under-16s. It is an understandable impulse. But there are good reasons to think it won’t work – ...

Social media digs a canyon between what we show and what we are, a phenomenon that also correlates with mental illness.

Social media has been shown to negatively impact mental health, attention spans, and political discourse. Despite its drawbacks, many people remain on social media for professional reasons and to ...

Now, social media has become a polarizing atmosphere for political opinion, and the algorithm is overrun with ...

A measure that would have required parental consent for kids under 16 to use social media was deferred indefinitely Wednesday ...