TikTok has confirmed its parent company, ByteDance, reached a confidential settlement with a Florida teenager who accused the ...

Social media is designed to be addictive, jurors in a landmark trial against two of the largest social media companies have found. Research in recent years has increasingly suggested a causal link ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Curtis is challenging major tech companies to alter their algorithm systems, accusing platforms of recommending content that could lead to radicalized behavior. During a hearing ...

Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified that 16 hours of daily scrolling isn’t “addiction” during a Los Angeles trial where Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face lawsuits over allegedly addictive algorithms.

The trial lawsuit against Meta and Google argues that Instagram and YouTube were designed to keep teens engaged at the expense of their mental health, prioritizing user engagement over the devastating ...

The UK announced last week that they are joining Australia in imposing a social media ban for children under 16 years old.

The focus should be on sensible legislation that requires companies to make their products safer and more age-appropriate ...

Can the government regulate social media features because they are "addictive"? Jane Bambauer and I talk with Emory Law professor Matthew Lawrence about whether features like infinite scroll, ...