For the first time in history, social media companies have been found guilty of harming the mental health of a young person.

From infinite scrolling to AI algorithms, some students and youth advocates say the "addictive" architecture of social media has become more apparent after this week's landmark verdict against Meta ...

Juries in two big cases have affirmed what research is finding: The design of social media platforms is particularly ...

Instagram and YouTube intentionally designed social media platforms to hook users, a landmark court case found. A ...

One 2024 survey found that almost a third of American adults regularly doomscroll—that is, swipe through endless social media ...

Jerome Adams, who served as surgeon general in President Trump's first term, said that "similar to cigarettes," the ...

Meta must pay $4.2 million and Google (which owns YouTube) must pay $1.8 million, according to the jury. Six million dollars ...

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The bellwether case, brought by 20-year-old K.G.M., accused the companies of developing products as addictive as cigarettes or digital casinos, according to The New York Times. TikTok and Snap were ...