Yahoo

These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Over the past few months, several countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens. Australia became the first to implement such measures at the end of last year, ...
Forbes

If Social Media Is So Bad For Us, Why The Need For Bans?

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: In this photo illustration, the Facebook and Instagram apps are seen on the screen of an iPhone on October 04, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Social media ...
CNBC

India discussing age-based restrictions with social media firms, top minister says

India is discussing age-based social media restrictions with social media companies, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday. Any crackdown in India, a country of 1.4 billion people, could have a ...
Associated Press

Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram ...
Associated Press

Landmark trial accusing social media companies of addicting children to their platforms begins

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. TikTok has agreed to settle in a landmark social ...
CNBC

A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl ...

Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...
Wired

A Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Puts Big Tech on Trial

Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...
Engadget

Spain set to ban social media for children under 16

Spain will join the growing list of countries banning access to social media for children, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday. The law will apply to users under 16 years of age amidst a ...
The Hill

Sweeping social media addiction lawsuit heads to trial

A historic lawsuit accusing several prominent social media companies of intentionally designing their platforms to addict children is set to head to trial in Los Angeles on Tuesday. It marks the first ...
New Scientist

Does limiting social media help teens? We'll finally get some evidence

A world-first study will test whether reducing the time teenagers spend on social media really does improve their mental health. But the results aren’t due until mid-2027, by which time further ...
The New York Times

Snap Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of a Landmark Trial

The settlement means Snap 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 ...
Engadget

In 2025, quitting social media felt easier than ever

A selection of social media apps on an iPhone home screen (Amy Skorheim for Engadget) For a tech writer, being very offline is sort of like being a marathon coach who doesn’t run. So in 2025, I tried ...