A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones

Gen Z and millennials deleting their social media platforms cite the increasing pressures of being online as well as the ...
Opinion
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)Opinion

After son's suicide, mother says social media platforms are built to addict children

Maureen Molach lost her son, David, in 2016 when he died by suicide. She is the co-founder of Parents for Safe Online Spaces, a coalition of families who have lost children to online harms and are ...

Google, Meta, push back on addiction claims in landmark social media trial

Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse into what will be a lengthy trial characterized by dueling narratives from ...

Her jabs go viral. He's known to quote the Bible. How social media is shaping a Texas Senate race

Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are adept at creating digital media moments and collecting social media followers ...

This Chrome extension blocks social media until you scream (literally) in agony

If you often find yourself scrolling social media and then regret the lost time, this chrome extension will block those sites and only unlock them if you scream embrassingly about your lack of ...
The New York Times

What to Know About the Social Media Addiction Trials

Landmark trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. By Cecilia Kang Reporting from Washington. This year, the ...
The New York Times

TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of a Landmark Trial

The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability. By Cecilia Kang ...
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I Spent Three Days Yelling at My Laptop to Gain Access to Social Media — Here’s What Happened

I tried the scream to unlock Chrome extension for 3 days. Here’s how yelling to unblock social media cut my work distractions by 70%.

I survived a weekend without social media, thanks to Android 16's Focus Mode

Focus Mode pauses selected apps and stops notifications, creating a quieter phone experience ...
The Guardian

Tech giants head to landmark US trial over social media addiction claims

Meta, YouTube and TikTok accused of making products intentionally addictive and harmful to young people For the first time, a huge group of parents, teens and school districts is taking on the world’s ...
CNN

Millions of travelers could skip visiting the US if proposed social media policy is implemented, industry experts warn

Ahead of a proposed rule change that would require social media account information from some foreign travelers to the United States, international travel experts are saying the policy could further ...
NPR

Meta and YouTube head to trial over harm to children after TikTok settles

Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. A key ...