A growing body of research has warned that heavy social media use can erode attention, memory, and overall mental health. But ...

China's overseas investment machine -- once the financial engine of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- is beginning to ...

Meta and Google were held liable in a landmark US legal case this week that found the algorithms behind the most popular social media platforms are designed to be addictive to children and teenagers.

Imagine if things had turned out differently. Imagine if, nearly two decades ago, social media had developed in a different way and had grown as per the OG intention – to bring people together.

Two years ago, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, called for warning labels on social media platforms, citing concerns about the potential mental health risks associated with heavy use, especially ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Meta, YouTube and Snapchat are already under scrutiny for risks they pose for young people. Now they are facing ...

Social media use has risen dramatically across the world over the past two decades. Yet researchers have wondered: Why does the negative impact of social media show up strongly in some countries — but ...

While most youth around the world are happier today than they were 20 years ago, it’s not true for the United States, other English-speaking countries and parts of Western Europe. That’s according to ...

Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox. The poet and critic Randall Jarrell once said that a poet is someone who “manages ...

A series of White House social-media videos turn the carnage in Iran into gleeful entertainment. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The New York Times. He has ...

The worlds of professional sports and entrepreneurship are colliding this summer in Park City, Utah, where elite NFL athletes will meet with proven operators and vetted founders for three days of deal ...