The social media scrolling habit is more harmful than you think, especially for teens

A new Australian study links two or more hours of daily social media use in early adolescence with poorer mental health outcomes one year later.
EurekAlert!

Social media use linked to poorer mental health in early adolescence

Adolescents who spend at least two hours a day on social media are more likely to experience depressive symptoms and poorer wellbeing, with the strongest effects in early adolescence, according to new ...
USA Today

Could SocialFi Finally Fix the Incentive Problem in Social Media?

For more than a decade, social media has operated under a simple economic logic: platforms capture value, while users generate it. The billions of posts, photos, comments, and videos that fill the ...
Variety

X/Twitter Users Report Problems With Social Network

Users of X, Elon Musk-owned social network formerly known as Twitter, reported multiple problems accessing the website and app Friday evening. Error reports for X ...
Self

I Thought Social Media Was the Problem. Then I Looked Deeper.

Growing intolerance? Blame social media. Religious and ideological extremism? Blame social media. Lower attention span? Blame social media. I was the one at the dinner party talking about ...
Psychology Today

We Know Social Media Use Stirs Up Anxiety and Depression for Many

In the early 2000s, social media was a baby. Cut to now: Statista (2023) predicts there should be around six billion social media users worldwide by 2027. While such rapid growth makes it ...
Time

America Must Regulate Social Media

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