How our reactions shape what is perceived as ethical on social media

Social media have become an integral part of everyday life for most people. Many of us follow companies on social media and ...

Contributor: Social media platforms aren't the new cigarettes. They're worse

Jurors found negligence by the owners of YouTube and Instagram. The platforms are engineered so that willpower alone is ...

Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress ...
Science News

Social media can be addictive, a jury finds. Research hints at a link

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

What Is Bluesky? The Decentralized Social Media Rival to Elon Musk's X

While Bluesky seems familiar on the surface, the AT protocol architecture it runs on has the potential to be revolutionary.
Reuters

From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media access

March 27 - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab YouTube ...