Lawmakers are focusing more closely on apps that use features such as infinite scrolling, autoplay video, push notifications ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A jury found Meta and YouTube guilty of harming teens with addictive social media apps. Trial lawyer Previn Warren, who was the co ...

"It's important to differentiate between clinical addiction and problematic use," said Adam Mosseri Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA ...

A high-stakes trial sparked by a California woman who first logged onto social media at age 10. Another lawsuit in Georgia filed by a school district despairing at distracted students. Dozens more ...

One Republican lawmaker called Wednesday for a "simple ban" on the use of social media sites by children under the age of 16.

A jury just found YouTube and Meta liable for $3 million due to negligent, addictive app design. The landmark ruling was filed by a plaintiff who suffered severe mental anguish as a result of using ...

Instagram and YouTube are both currently on trial after claims that the apps are addictive and are harming children.

In a landmark ruling that could affect thousands of future cases, Google and Meta were found liable Wednesday for inducing depression and anxiety in a woman who obsessively used social media as a ...

Almost Anything can be addictive. Playing pool, watching TV or gambling. Chewing gum. It won't matter how much adjustment is made by creators of 'web pages'; we will always have some portion of the ...