There has been a swift buildup of lawsuits and legislation targeting social media companies and how they design their platforms for young users—and that momentum doesn’t show signs of slowing in 2025.

Social media and mobile phones are major disruptors of face-to-face conversations. Recent research has conclusively ...

The facts are well-known at this point (Haidt, 2024): Beginning around 2010, large numbers of American teens bought smartphones and opened social media accounts. Since 2010, rates of anxiety, ...

The hour-long workshops, beginning Thursday, are aimed at giving parents guidance on how to help their kids navigate today’s ...

Teachers’ union NASUWT urged the Government to force big tech platforms to prevent children from accessing their platforms, ...

Adolescents spend an average of 70 minutes of their school days on their phones, new research finds. But parents can help ...

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Smart Gen Society not only educates parents and kids about online safety, but also takes advocacy to the state’s capital.

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

A teaching union is calling for the Government to ban social media for under-16s to improve concentration at school and stem ...