Google, Meta, push back on addiction claims in landmark social media trial

Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse ...

Landmark trial accusing social media companies of addicting children to their platforms begins

The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for ...
Columbus Dispatch

What is UpScrolled? App more popular than TikTok in Apple App Store

UpScrolled, a rising social media platform, has shot past TikTok in the Apple App Store as TikTok users criticize the app over outages, privacy concerns and questions about censorship. TikTok’s ...
Los Angeles Times

Social media addiction’s surprising challenger? Anti-doomscrolling influencers

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It’s simple to accidentally become entranced by an endless loop of videos on Instagram or TikTok. But sometimes, ...
Entrepreneur

Twitter and Pinterest Founders Join Forces on a New App Designed to Fix the ‘Terrible Devastation’ of Social Media

Twitter, now X, co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have already helped create mainstream social networks. Now the pair are teaming up to create a new app called Tangle, which ...
TechCrunch

Can a social app fix the ‘terrible devastation’ of social media?

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have raised new funding for their social media startup West Co. The startup launched an invite-only version of its first app, Tangle, ...
10 News

New Tennessee laws taking effect Jan. 1 address social media access, domestic violence and DUI penalties

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Several new Tennessee laws will take effect Jan. 1, bringing changes aimed at protecting children online, increasing accountability for repeat domestic violence offenders and ...
Engadget

In 2025, quitting social media felt easier than ever

A selection of social media apps on an iPhone home screen (Amy Skorheim for Engadget) For a tech writer, being very offline is sort of like being a marathon coach who doesn’t run. So in 2025, I tried ...
Newsweek

New Mental Health Warning Labels on Social Media Apps Applies to Millions

New York has approved a new law requiring social media companies to display mental health warning labels on certain addictive features, a step state leaders say is intended to reduce harm linked to ...
wtvr

These new Virginia laws starting Jan. 1 target wages, social media and healthcare

RICHMOND, Va. -- While most new Virginia laws take effect on July 1, more than half a dozen laws are taking effect Jan. 1, bringing changes to wages, social media use, healthcare coverage and consumer ...
PC World

I started ‘vibe coding’ my own apps with AI and I’m utterly loving it

On February 2nd, 2025, computer scientist and OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy made a flippant tweet that launched a new phrase into the internet’s collective consciousness. He posted that he’d ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Social Media Giants Subject to Malaysian Laws From Next Year

TikTok, Instagram and other major social media platforms will automatically come under Malaysia’s laws starting Jan. 1, part of a government push to shield children from online harms and strengthen ...