California Takes on Social Media Addiction in Kids with New Law

Californian Governor Gavin Newsom has signed bill that will prohibit social media platforms from providing addictive feeds to minors. Read More

States target social media companies over kids' health, safety as Congress hesitates

Attorneys general of three states in less than a week revealed separate lawsuits against social media giants for their platforms' alleged harmful effects on children, including sextortion, addiction ... Read More

Fake news, social media, and "The Death of Truth"

Social media companies exercise only limited control, permitting lies, fake news and intentionally divisive content to proliferate. The torrent of allegedly Moscow-backed content provoked an angry ... Read More

Why is this Michigan school district suing social media companies?

"We, as a district, believe that social media companies must do more to protect and support our students when they use their product," the statement reads. "We believe that social ... Read More

Social media companies, video streaming services engage in "vast surveillance" of users, FTC says

Large social media ... let social media services off the hook provided their products are not directed at kids and that their policies formally bar minors on their sites. Big tech companies ... Read More

Kids under 14 could be banned from using social media

Under the plan, children under 14 will be banned from signing up and tech ... people’s addiction.” Mr Malinauskas said he was concerned that the addictive elements of social media represented ... Read More

Social media erupts over 'repulsive' Trump-Harris presidential debate: 'Phony and rehearsed'

Many on social media criticized the performance of the ABC moderators. "My debate score: trump - 3 moderators - 9 harris - N/A," Fox News host Greg ... of the oppressive, big government policies ... Read More

Social-Media Companies’ Worst Argument

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. Tech lobbyists have ... low-income families are now spending more time on screens and social media—and suffering more harm ... Read More

Social Media and News Fact Sheet

Digital sources have become an important part of Americans’ news diets – with social media playing a crucial role, particularly for younger adults. Overall, just over half of U.S. adults (54%) say ... Read More

42 state attorneys general demand a Surgeon General warning label for social media apps

But a bipartisan group of attorneys general on Tuesday demanded that Congress require Surgeon General warning labels on social media apps to help curtail addiction ... what we now know, which ... Read More

Social Media

Bluesky now lets you upload videos, but there are some caveats. For starters, they can only be a minute long. Utah judge prevents the passing of a law limiting youth social media usage. Read More

EU Picks Tech Enforcer Who Helped Write Its Social-Media Rules

EU Picks Tech Enforcer Who Helped Write Its Social-Media Rules Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen was instrumental on DSA Virkkunen emphasized importance of European competitiveness ... Read More