SOMETIMES SOCIAL MEDIA DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD... ESPECIALLY WHEN IT LEADS TO "DOOM SCROLLING". ONE SOUTH PORTLAND WOMAN IS TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH A NEW APP SHE'S DEVELOPED... FOCUSED ON ...

Social media usage is at an all-time high. According to Meltwater's 2026 Global Digital Report, 5.66 billion people use social media, almost a 5% increase compared to the previous year, and Gen Z ...

Internal documents show how tech giants grabbed children’s attention throughout the day, a strategy that schools say has undermined education. By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries Jennifer Valentino-DeVries ...

Lawmakers are looking to narrow the scope of a bill that would ban social media for some North Carolina teenagers. They’re zooming in on features that they say make the apps more addictive. House Bill ...

AppLovin lost its bid to buy TikTok, and now it is taking its social media aspirations into its own hands. The adtech firm quietly released a new app this month called Gist that feels a bit like a ...

When Twitter began to unravel under new ownership in late 2022, Black users were among the first to look for the exits. Changes to content moderation and enforcement rattled communities that had long ...

Does anyone here remember Vine? Unless you're between the ages of 25 and 40, you likely have no idea what I’m talking about, but for millennials, Vine was basically a precursor to TikTok, wherein ...

Dino Becirovic, a VC-turned-founder, wants you to forget the feed. His new startup, Bond, is an attempt to build a social media app that replaces the infinite feeds we've grown accustomed to with ...

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Many European nations weighing minimum social media age limits EU moving ahead "full speed" to enforce rules, von der Leyen says Decision on EU-wide age limit law expected this summer, senior official ...

Algorithms. Beauty filters. Endless scrolling. The case over “social media addiction” against Meta and Google in a California courtroom ultimately came down to these elements, legal experts say, and ...

Olivia Dean removed social media apps from her phone, citing the negative impact of constant online opinions "I don't think you're supposed to know everyone's opinion about you," she said Dean ...