Opinion

Social Media Isn’t Just Speech. It’s Also a Defective, Hazardous Product.

That protection is finally starting to weaken, thanks to a growing realization that social media is also a matter of public health. Seen this way, social media appears as something less newfangled and ...
CNBC

Countries are barring teens from social media—could the U.S. be next? One expert thinks it's 'inevitable'

In December 2025, Australia became the first country to bar anyone under 16 from keeping or making social media accounts. The penalty for companies violating the law is a fine of up to $49.5 million ...
Forbes

If Social Media Is So Bad For Us, Why The Need For Bans?

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: In this photo illustration, the Facebook and Instagram apps are seen on the screen of an iPhone on October 04, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Social media ...
The Economist

Should teenagers be banned from social media?

Our leader arguing that banning teenagers from using social media does more harm than good and the accompanying briefing touched off a lively debate among readers. Here is a selection of their letters ...
CNN

A ‘bellwether’ social media addiction trial is underway. It could set off a chain reaction

Big Tech may be on the verge of its Big Tobacco moment. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, one of the leading architects of the modern online world, testified for the first time before a jury this week over ...
Associated Press

Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back

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The New York Times

Inside the Big Tech Lobbying Machine Aiming to Halt Social Media Bans

Tech giants, including Meta and Alphabet, are spending lavishly on splashy billboard ads, courting on-the-fence politicians and bulking up their ranks of lobbyists. By Vivienne Walt In November, Kim ...
Associated Press

Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mark Zuckerberg appeared in a Los Angeles ...
CBS News

Mark Zuckerberg questioned on Meta's under-13 users and usage goals in landmark social media trial

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questioning in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday about Instagram's under-13 users and Meta's efforts to boost engagement, as a trial examines whether the company ...
PBS

After son's suicide, mother says social media platforms are built to addict children

Maurine Molach lost her son, David, in 2016 when he died by suicide. She is the co-founder of Parents for Safe Online Spaces, a coalition of families who have lost children to online harms and are ...
PBS

Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed trial testing social media addiction claims

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta's platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Meta's CEO is expected to answer ...