It seems the flavor of the week for the U.S. Surgeon General and Gavin Newsom is social media, smartphones and how government can better parent children. As if Newsom doesn’t have more pressing issues ...

I have four kids − three teenagers and a preteen. And I've banned them from using (most) social media. Social media is addictive and exposes kids to an array of distractions and vices. I just don't ...

Would we miss social media if it were gone? Is the world a better place for the smartphone having been invented? We have been conditioned to believe that new technology is always better, that ...

If you’ve got a smartphone, you probably spend too much time on it – checking Instagram, watching silly TikTok videos, messaging on WhatsApp or doomscrolling on X. It can be hard to curb excessive use ...

“Mental health is declining,” says psychologist Jonathan Haidt. Last week, his book, The Anxious Generation, topped The New York Times bestseller list. His book has been a bestseller for more than a ...

While that message has been spread on social media, researchers are just beginning to understand how the devices affect the mind Amber X. Chen - AAAS Mass Media Fellow Research on how smartphone use ...

Let’s be honest: the warnings are not wrong. But they’re also not enough. We keep yelling “Don’t do it!” — while the tech and telecom industries continue to innovate, market, and subsidize these ...

A 17-year-old wielding an axe attacks passengers on a German train. Three police officers fatally shot in Baton Rouge, La. More than 260 people die in a failed coup in Turkey. At least 84 people ...

Roughly 200 million Americans—about 79 percent of the population—own a smartphone, comScore says. Since 2010, the amount using those devices to follow political campaigns on social media has more than ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Global internet monitor NetBlocks has reported that access to major social media platforms is currently restricted in Afghanistan. "Metrics show social media platforms Instagram, ...