Before 9 am Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, or Presidents' Day holiday, more than 40,000 X users reported issues with the social site ...

The case is seen as a test of social media's legal responsibility for platform design features that plaintiffs' lawyers say exacerbated mental health issues in young people.

A lot of parents worry about their kids and the internet. Fears about social media addiction and age-inappropriate content have already led Australia to ban social media accounts for children under ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked whether Donald Trump and JD Vance have a “social media problem” after two of their posts were deleted since Friday. Trump’s racist Truth Social ...

As of 8:30 a.m. ET on Monday, over 40,000 users reported issues with X, according to Downdetector, which tracks live service outages. The outages are occurring in the United States, with high numbers ...

P eople don’t agree on much these days. But one thing brings them together, whatever their politics: the idea that, because social media harm children and teenagers, they should be banned from using ...

There was once a time when I blamed all the world’s problems on social media. Consumerism? Blame social media. Growing intolerance? Blame social media. Religious and ideological extremism? Blame ...

How social media affects teens’ mental health, sleep, and self-esteem — plus expert guidance for parents navigating digital ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in February 2025, launched a request for information seeking public comment about how social media platforms’ “adverse actions” against users and user content may ...

This tidbit from the history of railroad safety is also a rejoinder to one of the laziest criticisms of The Anxious Generation, a new book from New York University professor Jonathan Haidt on the ...

The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, has stated that the ban on access to social media will force digital platforms to introduce effective age verification systems. The measure ...