Although social media can have benefits, it can also have significant negative consequences for mental health.

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Australia’s childhood social media ban is being challenged by two 15-year-olds in the High Court. Even if their case fails, ...

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause ...

Is social media addicting? Does it lead to poor adolescent mental health? Meta, TikTok, Snap, Youtube face a series of ...

Litigation against social media companies represents a rare opportunity. Courts and the public are scrutinizing what ...

Big Tech may be on the verge of its Big Tobacco moment ...

Longstanding concerns exist about excessive social media use causing mental health problems. The best evidence for this view comes from longitudinal studies showing that earlier social media use leads ...

A major new study has found what many parents feared but science is only now confirming. It's not video games. It's social media that seems to be undermining teenagers' ability to concentrate. Over ...

Assessing social media and mental health. The brittleness of the glass does not cause the shattering in the way the person who drops it causes the shattering.

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