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Over half of America's adults get their news from social media
According to a recent Pew Research analysis, over 50 percent of American adults say they get at least some of their news from ...
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Adults Spend Nearly Two Decades Online. Here’s How To Cut Back.
Did you know the average person spends almost two decades of their life online? A study from Data Reportal found that the ...
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New Survey Outlines Gen Z’s Love-Hate Relationship With Social Media
According to a poll of more than 1,000 adults aged 18-27 conducted by a social psychologist, Jonathan Haidt, and the Harris ...
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Let's Talk Social Media, Body Image, and Eating Disorders
Body image expert, Dr. Charlotte Markey, answers five questions related to what role—if any—social media plays in eating ...
Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users
The FTC just published results of a sweeping study of social media sites that has been going on for four years. The ...
42 state attorneys general demand a Surgeon General warning label for social media apps
It’s hard to get 42 states to agree on much. But a bipartisan group of attorneys general on Tuesday demanded that Congress ...
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Social media’s role in fueling extremism and misinformation in a divided political climate
Half of U.S. adults say they sometimes get their news from social media. However, almost two-thirds of adults say they view social media as a bad thing for democracy. This raises the question of what ...
F.T.C. Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users
Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect children from social media addiction
California will make it illegal for social media platforms to knowingly provide addictive feeds to children without parental ...
Social media bill’s prospects nosedive
The prospects for a new law to regulate social media have taken a nosedive. That’s despite approval Wednesday by the House ...
Social media fuels fentanyl crisis as drug dealers take to platforms to connect with minors
Experts, law enforcement and children's advocates say companies like Snap, TikTok and Meta are not doing enough to keep ...