Karnataka social media ban: State proposes to ban social media for children under 16 years
The decision comes after Australia blocked social media, including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook, for teens since ...
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Indonesia to restrict social media access for children under 16 years: Minister
Australia introduced a ban on social media for under-16s in December, and Spain also said last month that it would ...
US social media addiction trial takes new turn with therapist’s testimony
The former psychotherapist of a California woman suing Meta’s Instagram and Alphabet’s YouTube, claiming a childhood addiction to the platforms ...
Youth Alcohol Cravings May Rise While Scrolling Social Media, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- For young adults, seeing alcohol-related social media content translated to greater desire to drink alcohol, especially when ...
Social Media Companies Face Legal Reckoning Over Mental Health Harms to Children
(MedPage Today) -- For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children's mental health through deliberate design ...
How devices and social media are shaping new OCD impacts on young people in India
Newer, technology-shaped rituals have crept into the lives of many young people - re-reading, screenshotting, repeated online reassurance-seeking, compulsive checking ...
Social Media ‘Addicting the Brains of Children,’ Lawyer Argues in Landmark Trial
(MedPage Today) -- Comparing social media platforms to casinos and addictive drugs, lawyer Mark Lanier delivered opening statements Monday in ...
Robots are teaching autistic children social skills and it’s actually working
Studies in Europe show robot-assisted therapy can boost engagement and help autistic children develop key social skills. Read full story ...
TikTok settles as social media giants face landmark trial over youth addiction claims
A lawyer for the plaintiff said in a statement on January 27, that TikTok remains a defendant in the other ...
TikTok Settles as Social Media Giants Face Trial Over Youth Addiction Claims
(MedPage Today) -- TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the ...