Social Media
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Business
Florida Passes Sweeping Bill to Keep Young People Off Social Media
The measure would bar networks like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram from giving accounts to children under 16.
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News
Avert Your Eyes, Avoid Responsibility and Just Blame TikTok
We’re in a season of hand-wringing and scapegoating over social media, especially TikTok, with many Americans and politicians missing that…
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News
Does Social Media Perpetuate Inequality?
For some people, social media is inconsequential — a cat photo here, a banana slip TikTok there. For others, it’s…
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World
If Your Child Is Addicted to TikTok, This May Be the Cure
Children are suffering under the weight of social media. New York lawmakers believe they have a strategy to halt the…
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Health
Is Social Media Addictive? Here’s What the Science Says.
A major lawsuit against Meta has placed a spotlight on our fraught relationship with online social information.
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Politics
New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits
Federal judges in three states have blocked children’s privacy and parental oversight laws, saying they very likely violate free speech…
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Politics
New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits
Federal judges in three states have blocked children’s privacy and parental oversight laws, saying they very likely violate free speech…
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Business
As Red States Curb Social Media, Did Montana’s TikTok Ban Go Too Far?
Montana is at the forefront of a wave of new tech laws passed by Republican-led states. Some give parents control…
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World
TikTok Shuts Shopping Feature in Indonesia Following Ban
TikTok’s retail ambitions have confronted an obstacle in its second-largest market, which views the app as a threat to local…
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World
Are Google and Meta to Blame for the Racist Massacre in Buffalo?
Two new lawsuits filed by the victims’ families are the most recent attempt to hold social media companies responsible when…
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