The ban’s rollout is being closely watched worldwide, as regulators in other countries consider similar restrictions.

Teenagers with mental-health conditions spend more time on social media than their peers — on average, 50 more minutes on a typical day. They are also more likely to be dissatisfied with aspects of ...

Adolescent mental health has taken a beating over the last ten years. This coincides with increasing social media use among adolescents. A new registered report in the journal Nature Human Behavior ...

Experts warned on Sunday that excessive use of social media filters can lead to depression and anxiety in teenagers, thus emphasizing the need for parents to monitor online activities of their ...

Pantic6 conducted a systematic review on social networking and mental health from research published between 2004 and 2014. The purpose of the review was to determine if there was a connection between ...

In my previous post, we discovered that the teen mental health crisis might not be as dramatic as The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt's book, claims. Today, we're diving deeper into the research ...

One of the increased dangers kids could face on social media this week comes from an unexpected source: their parents. On National Daughters Day on Wednesday, many parents will share pictures of their ...

Millions of children encounter dangerous online threats while using their swipe and scroll functions every day. They meet predators and experience mental health challenges. Modern social media ...

Australia has just banned children under the age of 16 from using social media. The move has met with some criticism, particularly from companies like Meta (which owns Facebook and Instagram) and ...