Social Media

A Los Angeles jury found Instagram and YouTube negligent in how they were built, opening a new legal fight over how courts view social media

A Los Angeles trial jury found that Meta and YouTube are offering products that are addictive and harmful to young users’ mental health

The research into whether social media is addictive is nuanced and complex, with many unanswered questions

An annual world happiness ranking for 2026 explores how the use of social media influences well-being

The U.S. Senate is holding a confirmation hearing today for wellness influencer Casey Means, the Trump administration’s pick for surgeon general

TikTok is rapidly growing in Africa and is being used to sell bushmeat, underscoring the role of social media in the global illegal wildlife trade

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives

E-mails between Larry Summers and the now deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 2018 and 2019 have raised questions about a relationship Summers pursued with a student

TikTok’s U.S. spin-off could reshape its algorithm and the way culture is curated online.

Telling people exactly how voting security works helps defeat election misinformation, experiments suggest. But outside experts question how well that works in the real world

A controversial arsenic microbe study unveiled 15 years ago has been retracted. The study’s authors are crying foul

I study social media for a living. Here’s what parents need to know so that kids can use it safely and productively