Here’s something to consider. You’re scrolling through your feed late at night, seeing another photo of someone’s beach ...

The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment—and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD ...

Last week, United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for a “warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for ...

Longstanding concerns exist about excessive social media use causing mental health problems. The best evidence for this view comes from longitudinal studies showing that earlier social media use leads ...

Recently, Instagram unveiled new policies designed to address what we all see: teenagers suffering the adverse effects of addictive social media apps. The new policies include making teen accounts ...

Problematic social media use is characterized by addiction-like symptoms. Those struggling with problematic SMU often have difficulty controlling social media consumption and experience distress when ...

This tidbit from the history of railroad safety is also a rejoinder to one of the laziest criticisms of The Anxious Generation, a new book from New York University professor Jonathan Haidt on the ...

Social media is central in many of our lives, but few would say that’s a good thing. Despite its initial promise, swathes of Europeans feel the technology has had a negative impact on society. While ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in February 2025, launched a request for information seeking public comment about how social media platforms’ “adverse actions” against users and user content may ...

The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment – and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD diagnoses rise around the world, a key question has emerged: Could the growing ...