Guest column: Social media age limits are too little too late
Australia’s government wants to ban children up to age 16 from social media, and is spending millions of dollars to figure ...
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 platforms engaged in ‘vast surveillance’ and failed to protect young people, FTC finds
The Federal Trade Commission released a report Thursday slamming social media platforms including Facebook's parent company, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Huge Australian king penguin chick Pesto grows into social media star
Weighing 22 kilograms at 9 months old, Pesto is the heaviest penguin chick the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium has ever had.
Instagram Makes Teen Accounts Private Amid Social Media Safety Backlash
In an effort to address social media concerns, Instagram has announced it will be making teen accounts private.
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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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 ...
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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 ...