The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment—and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD ...

Social media promised connection and empowerment, then delivered anxiety, polarization, and a business model that rewards ...

Editor’s note, February 2nd 2024: This article was updated after Meta announced earnings results for 2023. Facebook may be turning 20 on February 4th, but it is just as much of a magnet for ...

In January, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, appeared at a congressional hearing to answer questions about how social media potentially harms children. Zuckerberg opened by ...

Much has been said about rises in mental health problems reported by younger people over the past 20 years. It is estimated that the prevalence of anxiety for 18-to-25-year-olds was about 8% in 2008, ...

Yes, social media poses many challenges. They are designed to keep us hooked and release the neurotransmitter dopamine that makes us spend way more time on it then we intended to. And yes, ...

There's a new generation of social networks being built. Amid a loneliness epidemic, these new apps hope to bring us closer. Meet the founders who are building these innovative social-media apps.