Psychiatry Advisor

Increasing Addictive Mobile and Social Media Use Trajectories Linked to Worse Mental Health, Suicidal Risks in Youth

Longitudinal data shows increasing or high addictive use of social media and mobile phones in adolescents significantly raises the risk of suicidal behaviors and ideation.

California kids will see warning labels on social media in 2027

Beginning in January 2027, California teens who open social media apps such as Instagram, Tiktok and Snapchat will get a daily warning, written in black text on a white background: ...

New York City Sues Social Media Giants Over Addictive Features

Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc., ByteDance Inc., and Google LLC all deliberately designed social media products to be ...
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The Stress of Social Media Is Causing Your Addiction to Social Media

Scrolling on social media can easily end up causing stress. Johnson Rejects Democrats Counterproposal To Avoid Government Shutdown Emily Blunt Calls AI Actress Tilly Norwood ‘Really Scary' and Warns ...
The National Law Review

Ninth Circuit Upholds “Addictive” Social Media Feed Ban and Default Privacy Settings for Minors in California’s Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act

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Fast Company

Are you a night owl? New Gen Z study ties staying up late to ‘problematic’ smartphone and social media use

Being a night owl has its perks. Scientists have found that people who habitually stay up late may be more creative, and perhaps even more intelligent, than those who go to bed and wake up earlier.
Medical Xpress

Loneliness and anxiety fuel smartphone and social media addiction in 'night owls,' new study finds

Young adult "night owls" (or "evening types"—those who prefer to stay up late) are significantly more at risk of developing problematic relationships with smartphones and social media, according to a ...
Fox News

Long Island newspaper Newsday apologizes for 'insensitive and offensive' Charlie Kirk assassination cartoon

Newsday, a daily newspaper serving Long Island, New York, apologized for an "insensitive and offensive" editorial cartoon referencing the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk after sparking calls for ...
YourTango

Everyone seems to think that quitting social media would be good for them, but there may be some disadvantages.

One Gen Z woman took an extended break from social media for three years while she was in college, and while she found it beneficial, she also picked up on some disadvantages of living without the ...
Yahoo

Our Kids’ Addiction to Social Media Risks Making the Kirk Assassination the New Normal

The conversation at my family dinner table this week was heavier than usual. After discussing Charlie Kirk’s tragic assassination, I asked my three sons a question I dreaded hearing the answer to: Did ...
Jurist

US federal court upholds California social media youth protection law

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday largely upheld a California law aimed at protecting minors online. The case, NetChoice, LLC v. Bonta, saw a three-judge panel affirm most of ...
Law

Ninth Circuit Upholds Much of California's Social Media 'Addiction' Law

A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel said tech companies failed to prove that most of the law's restrictions on social media features aimed at kids are unlawful. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...