A Google-commissioned study reveals what we should've already known — kids are better at understanding the internet than we are.

Social media and mobile phones are major disruptors of face-to-face conversations. Recent research has conclusively ...

We are living in a modern world that is changing every day, and with that, we may also have to push our comfort zones and ...

There has been a swift buildup of lawsuits and legislation targeting social media companies and how they design their platforms for young users—and that momentum doesn’t show signs of slowing in 2025.

The facts are well-known at this point (Haidt, 2024): Beginning around 2010, large numbers of American teens bought smartphones and opened social media accounts. Since 2010, rates of anxiety, ...

Afters years of talk, governments in Australia, France, and more are taking action to ban social-media for kids. Some warn of ...

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Many countries are planning to follow Australia's lead in an effort to protect children from the well-documented harms of social media.

Hours of doom scrolling social media will have a time limit starting in 2026 for anyone under the age of 16. A new Virginia ...

This week, Australia implemented the world's first national ban on social media access for individuals under the age of 16 ...

Smart Gen Society not only educates parents and kids about online safety, but also takes advocacy to the state’s capital.

French lawmakers are expected next month to discuss a ban on social media for children. In his New Year’s Eve address, the ...