Your Phone Isn’t a Drug. It’s a Portal to the Otherworld.

And the addiction story does capture something real about our experience of tech — the compulsion, the phantom buzz in your ...

Social media research tool can lower political temperature—it could also lead to more user control over algorithms

A new tool shows it is possible to turn down the partisan rancor in an X feed—without removing political posts and without the direct cooperation of the platform.

This Is How Fast a Social Media Detox Can Boost Your Mental Health

Also worth pointing out, per Dr. Saltz: Being on social media means you’re not doing other meaningful things. (Again, people ...

Lawsuit alleges social media giants buried their own research on teen mental health harms

Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know exactly how addictive their platforms can be to teens. And they continue to target ...

‘The main thing you’ve got is TikTok’: how the social media ban could harm African diaspora youth

In new research, young African Australians speak about how they get vital information about their culture and identity on ...

Reducing social media use for just a week can improve mental health

In a new study, published in JAMA Network Open, 295 participants report promising mental health benefits after reducing their ...
WSB-TV

Does social media make you think your relationship is toxic? 52% in national survey say yes

If you've ever scrolled through TikTok or Instagram and suddenly questioned whether your partner might be "toxic" or "gaslighting" you, you're definitely not alone. According to LifeStance Health's ...
ABC News

What role does social media play in the rise of political violence? Experts weigh in

Public officials criticized social media after the killing of Charlie Kirk. Minutes after publicly identifying the suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Republican Utah ...
GMA

What role does social media play in the rise of political violence? Experts weigh in

Minutes after publicly identifying the suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox condemned social media. "Social media is a cancer on our ...