People don’t agree on much these days. But one thing brings them together, whatever their politics: the idea that, because social media harm children and teenagers, they should be banned from using ...

“You scroll without thinking and lose track of time,” admits Ramón, a Spanish 15-year-old, of his habits on social media. “You see girls sexualising themselves, car crashes, really violent stuff,” he ...

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Three leading social media companies have agreed to undergo independent assessments of how effectively they protect the mental health of teenage users, submitting to a battery of tests announced ...

Discord has announced plans to enforce a new "teen-appropriate" experience by default next month, requiring age verification to access restricted content or change content settings. In a blog post ...

Lyft launched teen accounts on Monday, about two years after rival Uber rolled out the feature. CEO David Risher told CNBC that the company "wanted to get it right" with teen accounts. Lyft is also ...

The new Lyft Teen service lets young people request rides with extra built-in safety features that keep their parents informed about their location. Parents can set up the Lyft Teen account, and you ...

For more than a decade, policymakers and advocacy groups have cast teenagers’ use of social media as a looming public health crisis. This now widely accepted assumption has fueled calls for bans and ...

New research suggests that teenagers who practice kindness toward themselves are more likely to experience a life filled with variety and perspective-changing events. The findings indicate that ...

As the mother of a newly minted 13-year-old, I know firsthand that teens have specific and valid skincare concerns, despite all the Sephora-shaming that’s been heaped on them. After all, puberty is ...

Austin Thompson, the North Carolina teenager who killed his brother and four neighbors in a violent 2022 rampage, will be sentenced at a hearing that began Tuesday. Thompson, now 18, pleaded guilty on ...

Spain became the latest country to announce a social media ban for under-16s from next week, following in Australia's footsteps. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain will enforce a series of strict ...