Europe to Curb Children's Social Media Use With 'Phased' Age-Based Access

Instead of an outright ban, EU President Ursula von der Leyen is suggesting social media start dates that will allow kids gradual access to platforms. [...]

20 things social media algorithms do to your brain that you didn't agree to

The anxiety, the outrage, the comparison, the compulsion to check — here's the engineering behind these social media features [...]

'$3.7B lost to deepfakes' — Why social media is the perfect launchpad for AI fraud

From fake celebrity endorsements to phone calls, video meetings, and messaging apps, new Surfshark research finds people have lost at least $3.7 billion to deepfake fraud — and social media is the s [...]

The Light Flip joins the Commodore Callback as an old-school flip phone that could help you beat your social media addiction

The Light Flip taps into nostalgia while doing away with addictive social media apps. [...]

Meta avoids second social media addiction trial as teenage plaintiff drops case

Meta will not face a second jury trial over claims that its social media platforms are addictive to minors after the teenage plaintiff at the centre of the case chose to dismiss his claims. The boy, a [...]

I swapped my iPhone for the distraction-free Balance Phone to curb my social media habit, and it wasn't quite the digital detox I expected

I spent a week with the distraction-free Balance Phone, but it left me feeling conflicted about blanket social media bans. [...]

TikTok has never let a teen-addiction case reach a jury. It just settled three more.

TikTok has a consistent answer to the lawsuits accusing it of harming children: settle, quietly, before a jury sees the evidence. On Monday it did so again. The company has agreed to settle three case [...]

Meta says it has removed 756,000 Australian teen accounts, but most under-16s are still online

Meta has deactivated 756,000 Australian accounts it believes belonged to under-16s, a figure it disclosed as the country’s world-first social media ban moves from threat to enforcement. The company [...]

France's top court strikes down social media ban for children under 15

President Macron has asked the government to rewrite France's proposed social media ban for children. [...]