A growing number of preschoolers are entering classrooms unfamiliar with basic book handling, with many instinctively swiping pages like touchscreens. Surveys in the UK and US point to rising early ...

Short-form videos have become one of the dominant ways young people engage with social media. These are clips lasting seconds up to a few minutes, driven by personalized algorithms that are deeply ...

Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's YouTube dispute claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm ...

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for the first time testified in court about accusations that social media, including Instagran, harm children’s mental health.

For years, the screen time recommendation for children under age 2 has been simple: They shouldn’t have any. But as surveys ...

The Mental Health Coalition said the new color-coded ratings will examine a company's safety rules, design choices, mental ...

Social media has been flooded with fake, AI-generated images and videos. But will the majority of users actually care?

Mark Zuckerberg and opposing lawyers dueled in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday, where the Meta CEO answered questions about young people’s use of Instagram, his congressional testimony and internal ...

A cognitive neuroscientist says that classroom screen use is limiting attention, focus and brain development as Oklahoma lawmakers consider new restrictions.

An 11-year-old girl with autism was rescued from the edge of an icy creek in Cincinnati, thanks to the swift actions of first responders, underscoring the dangers water poses to children with autism ...

Facebook's founder testified at a landmark trial in Los Angeles questioning whether social media platforms deliberately ...