How soon will the government pass a law to ban our youth from social media apps and the spam merchants of smut and gore? Social media is everywhere. Parents’ attempts to filter what their child sees ...

Free people can and should debate the good or bad of social media. What they shouldn’t do is foist their views or insecurities on those they disagree with.

Samantha Kelly is a freelance writer with a focus on consumer technology, AI, social media, Big Tech, emerging trends and how they impact our everyday lives. Her work has been featured on CNN, NBC, ...

A case has started in the US in which a Califonia woman, known as Kelly GM in court, complained how using Meta Platforms’ Instagram and Google’s YouTube as a child affected her mental health.

The now-20-year old told jurors she felt compelled to frequently check accounts to make sure she hadn’t missed anything.

The family believes the outcome of the trial can lead to significant changes within the social media industry and help other families become even more aware of what they say are deadly devices in the ...

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause ...

Big tech companies argue their platforms are communication tools not traps, and that addiction is a mischaracterisation of high engagement.

Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...

Buying directly from social media apps like TikTok and Instagram has blown up into a huge industry but it carries risks of ...