Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for the landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm ...

Parents and campaign groups seeking tighter restrictions on social media have welcomed a Los Angeles jury handing down an ...

When it’s time for Emily, 15, to revise for her next test, she doesn’t crack open a book – she logs onto TikTok. The Manchester secondary school pupil knows what this sounds like. Just an excuse to ...

The multimillion-dollar verdict will grow, as the jury decided the companies acted with malice, or highly egregious conduct, meaning they will hear new evidence shortly and head back into the ...

California jurors decide companies were negligent in the design or operation of their platforms, an outcome that could ...

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress. By Cecilia Kang Ryan Mac and Eli Tan Cecilia Kang reported from ...

One moment, an influencer is showing their skincare routine on TikTok. The next, you are watching footage of bombings in Gaza. This is the strange paradoxical rhythm of social media. Images of war, ...

It’s called the infinite scroll – a design feature on social media, shopping, video and many other apps that continuously loads content as you reach the bottom of the page. Handy? Yes. Clever? Also ...

It's called the infinite scroll - a design feature on social media, shopping, video and many other apps that continuously loads content as you reach the bottom of the page. Handy? Yes. Clever? Also ...

The infinite scroll is likely the main reason you find it so hard to stop scrolling once you begin. To understand why this design feature is so devious, we need to understand the psychology and ...

It’s called the infinite scroll – a design feature on social media, shopping, video and many other apps that continuously loads content as you reach the bottom of the page. Handy? Yes. Clever? Also ...