From physical devices that interrupt addictive patterns to AI companions that coach better screen habits, the newest ...

Too much screen time — particularly related to social media use in kids, teens and young adults — is a major concern in modern society. Smartphones are ...

Social media spread so rapidly that it became ubiquitous before anyone really knew how to deal with it — and critics say that’s in part due to “addictive” algorithms and feeds that can do more harm ...

SEWICKLEY, Pa. (KDKA) — Many people remember MADD, or Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Now a grassroots group spreading around the country is modeling itself after MADD, this time to protect kids from ...

The research — from academics at California Institute of Technology and University of Southern California — suggests that simply believing you’re addicted to Instagram actually makes it harder to ...

The old sales pitch hollered by baseball game vendors was “you can’t tell the players without a scorecard.” Something similar rings true today about not only knowing the litigants but also their ...

HOUSTON – We’re all a little guilty of mindlessly scrolling on social media but a recent call to action from the U.S. Surgeon General warrants some serious self-reflection. “It is time to require a ...

Lurking beneath today’s raft of social media addiction lawsuits blaming platforms for harming minors are three broad public policy concerns. These frets could easily affect corporate liability in ...

Most teenagers have 24/7 access to a popular drug. They are high off it for hours a day and carry it in their pockets everywhere they go. The drug? Social media. From making calls to getting ...

While Australia and the EU consider social media bans for under-16s, Indian experts question its effectiveness. Instead, a ...

To find out if we are truly addicted, Ian Anderson from the California Institute of Technology and Wendy Wood from the University of Southern California surveyed 380 US Instagram users, of whom half ...

One of the things that Wade L. Robinson discusses in his book, Engineering Ethics, is the importance of avoiding “error-provocative” designs, in which the technological artifact not only allows for ...