Australia’s experiment is the first of its kind, but the evidence from alcohol, drug, and other bans is promising.

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 ...

Longstanding concerns exist about excessive social media use causing mental health problems. The best evidence for this view comes from longitudinal studies showing that earlier social media use leads ...

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 ...

Social media can take effect on a lot of things, such as a student’s sleep patterns or their self-esteem. This is alongside mental health issues like anxiety and depression.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The proposed ban was backed by the House of Lords this week [Getty Images] The use of social media "sets children up to fail", a ...

We focus on technology, social, and governance issues concerning social media, with countries banning children and teenagers ...

The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment – and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD diagnoses rise around the world, a key question has emerged: could the growing ...

Much has been said about rises in mental health problems reported by younger people over the past 20 years. It is estimated that the prevalence of anxiety for 18-to-25-year-olds was about 8% in 2008, ...