A new study suggests there may be a "Goldilocks" time frame in which kids may face less risk when they use social media.

At a Senate hearing in Washington Thursday, Cruz worried that long sessions of looking at phones and tablets were leading to ...

Millions of children encounter dangerous online threats while using their swipe and scroll functions every day. They meet predators and experience mental health challenges. Modern social media ...

Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno compared kids using of social media to using cigarettes during Thursday's Senate Commerce ...

As lawmakers on Capitol Hill consider restrictions to children’s access to social media, a Senate committee hosted a hearing ...

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A federal judge Tuesday blocked a 2024 Florida law aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms, saying it likely violates First Amendment rights and pointing to the role of parents in ...

A barrage of AI-generated brain rot is haunting children across numerous screens, from personal smartphones to school-issued laptops to televisions. Social media is adding significantly to that ...

In case parents needed another reason to police their children's screen time, new research shows that social media use is hurting preteens' memory and reading skills. The new study, published Monday ...

Screen time has long been a hot topic for parents. Many think that parenting has gotten harder over the years, with technology being a key reason why. Between the rise of AI, the staying power of ...

“It can’t be on parents alone to manage this,” Murthy said. NEW YORK -- U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned in a new advisory Tuesday that excessive social media use can be a “profound risk” to ...