Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has ...
After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury will listen to closing arguments before heading to the ...
Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social ...
A high-stakes trial sparked by a California woman who first logged onto social media at age 10. Another lawsuit in Georgia filed by a school district despairing at distracted students. Dozens more ...
TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff’s attorneys confirmed. The social video platform was one of three companies — along ...
Ian Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Wendy Wood is professor emerita of psychology and business at the University of Southern California.
Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause ...
The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening arguments for the first, in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Top Connecticut officials are taking significant measures to curb youth social media addiction across the state. Gov. Ned Lamont ...