For two decades now, social media companies have been virtually untouchable, profitably floating above accusations that they normalize propaganda, addict children and degrade our character. Legally ...

Two years ago, the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s book about the dangers of social-media became a best-seller—and the subject of some critical eye-rolling. Now, for many, it’s become essential.

Social media platforms affix trackers to the links you share, but it's easy to delete these trackers if you know how.

Hype around the open source agent is driving people to rent cloud servers and buy AI subscriptions just to try it, creating a windfall for tech companies.

After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury has heard closing arguments before heading to the deliberation r ...

Meta is rolling out new scam alerts across Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger as it ramps up AI-driven fraud detection and advertiser verification.

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has ...

A child killed a litter of puppies after watching videos of animal cruelty on social media, a House of Lords committee has heard.

An expert witness in a case brought by a California woman against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, testified that the design features of its social media apps are addictive, ...

The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...

LOS ANGELES -- Comparing social media platforms to casinos and addictive drugs, lawyer Mark Lanier delivered opening statements Monday in a landmark trial in Los Angeles that seeks to hold Instagram ...

Under-16 social media bans are picking up steam across Europe. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis was the latest leader to praise a ban, saying that the experts he’s spoken to have said that social ...