young girl studying and listening to music on the laptop sitting on the floor of the living room at home Juliana Belo Gutierrez/iStockphoto / Getty Images/iStockphoto Preteens using increasing amounts ...

It might finally be time to set those parental controls. New research suggests that social media isn’t just feeding your kid the latest memes — it may actually be messing with their brainpower. The ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg recently ruled part of the Protecting Georgia’s Children on Social Media Act inhibits the rights of youth to engage in anonymous speech online, contrary to the First ...

"What my parents don't know about social media is..." If parents fear their kids having social media accounts, it's with good reason. One Utah teacher asked a group of 80 teens -- ages 14 and 15 -- to ...

As Australia's social media ban for under-16s just around the corner, children are already worried about losing touch with their friends. But while the onus is on social media platforms to act, ...

Keira Knightley is attempting to keep her kids off social media for as long as possible. The actress opened up about her stance on children using social media during an interview with BBC Radio 4 this ...

To improve online safety for young users, Anthony Albanese’s Labor government has just launched a $14 million public education campaign.

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...