Researchers have identified a growing social media phenomenon known as digital cocooning – a way to feel safe online by only ...

Lawmakers attempting to regulate children’s access to social media must decide whether bans or warning labels are the optimal ...

The companies should also grant access to their data so that researchers and policymakers alike can study the effects that social media networks have on users and society. The need for such ...

Ethan Zuckerman and coauthors raise concerns about AI companies using user-generated social media data to train their LLMs.

There is a term for this kind of behavior and its impact on mental health, one that was recently named Oxford Word of the Year 2024: “brain rot” — the deterioration of a person’s mental or ...

Social media can never capture the intimacy of being with someone else, which means reliance on it will always leave a sense of lingering isolation.

In late November 2024, Australia implemented a ban on social media for kids under 16, one of the first laws of its kind. The ...