It’s among the first successful lawsuits in the nation making social media sites liable for mental health outcomes. While this lawsuit could open the door to further litigation and regulation, the ...

Tech companies that create social media apps should not be blamed for the complex mental issues of everyone who might use ...

Users of X, Elon Musk-owned social network formerly known as Twitter, reported multiple problems accessing the website and app Friday evening. Error reports for X ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I used to run mental health for the state of Indiana, but I’m a recovering lawyer by trade. That mismatch means people often ask ...

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams says social media should be treated like cigarettes. "We know, based on ...

Can the FTC use its antitrust authority to punish social media platforms for allegedly colluding or abusing their market power to adopt policies that ostensibly thwart robust competition of ideas by ...

Much has been said about rises in mental health problems reported by younger people over the past 20 years. It is estimated that the prevalence of anxiety for 18-to-25-year-olds was about 8% in 2008, ...

A major new study has found what many parents feared but science is only now confirming. It’s not video games. It’s social media that seems to be undermining teenagers’ ability to concentrate. Over ...