Social Media
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Opinion
Surgeon General: For Our Kids’ Safety, Social Media Platforms Need a Health Warning
One of the most important lessons I learned in medical school was that in an emergency, you don’t have the…
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Food
Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms
Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers’ mental…
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Opinion
I Love Facebook. That’s Why I’m Suing Meta.
While it’s become fashionable to dump on the aging social media platform Facebook, I quite enjoy using it. Many of…
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America
Florida Passes Sweeping Bill to Keep Young People Off Social Media
The measure would bar networks like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram from giving accounts to children under 16.
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Opinion
Avert Your Eyes, Avoid Responsibility and Just Blame TikTok
We’re in a season of hand-wringing and scapegoating over social media, especially TikTok, with many Americans and politicians missing that…
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Opinion
Does Social Media Perpetuate Inequality?
For some people, social media is inconsequential — a cat photo here, a banana slip TikTok there. For others, it’s…
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America
If Your Child Is Addicted to TikTok, This May Be the Cure
Children are suffering under the weight of social media. New York lawmakers believe they have a strategy to halt the…
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Food
Is Social Media Addictive? Here’s What the Science Says.
A major lawsuit against Meta has placed a spotlight on our fraught relationship with online social information.
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Tech
New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits
Federal judges in three states have blocked children’s privacy and parental oversight laws, saying they very likely violate free speech…
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Tech
New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits
Federal judges in three states have blocked children’s privacy and parental oversight laws, saying they very likely violate free speech…