Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or ...
Nature

Is social media addictive for teens? US courts wade into scientific debate

Another complication is how social-media use is evaluated: many studies look only at total amount of time spent on the ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

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

Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees people can be addicted to social media platforms.

Kerala Science Congress concludes with students presenting virtual teacher and drug detection innovations

Kochi: The 38th Kerala Science Congress concluded in Kochi on Monday after four days of deliberations, exhibitions and ...
CNBC

Australia banned social media for under 16s a month ago — here's how it's going

Australia banned social media apps for under 16s in December, and, a month later, there's been a mixed reaction from teens, experts and tech firms. As many teens find ways to circumvent the law, major ...
Medical Xpress

Can teens use social media too little for their own good? Maybe, study says

There appears to be a "Goldilocks zone" when it comes to social media use among teenagers. Too much social media use can negatively affect a teenager's well-being, a new study finds, dovetailing with ...
CNBC

Meta urges Australia to rethink under-16 social media ban after blocking over 500,000 accounts

Meta is urging Australia to reconsider its social media ban for under 16s as teens look to circumvent the law via alternative platforms. The ban restricts access to platforms like Meta's Instagram, ...
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 ...
Reuters

Macron wants to ban under-15s from social media from September 2026, Le Monde reports

PARIS, Dec 31 (Reuters) - France plans to ban children under 15 from social media sites and to prohibit mobile phones in high schools from September 2026, local media reported on Wednesday, moves that ...
The New Yorker

Americans Won’t Ban Kids from Social Media. What Can We Do Instead?

You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. Let’s say, for the sake of the following discussion, that we agree on the following: Teen-agers have First ...
CNN

‘What’s the worst thing that’s gonna happen?’ South Australia Premier says social media ban is about protecting children

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas told CNN’s Jake Tapper his country’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 is about protecting them from addictive algorithms, asking: “What’s ...