Every time you scroll, like, or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning, and deciding what you ...

Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are under mounting pressure to reform the ways in which they're built to be addictive for users.

How the Facebook ‘like’ button ruined the internet – and why it’s time to ditch the algorithm - IN FOCUS: With social media ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - As a landmark trial in Los Angeles puts social media giants Meta and YouTube on trial over claims they deliberately addicted children to their platforms, students and faculty at ...

I don't think most people would be surprised if they heard that before last week, I didn't know who Charlie Kirk was. I've expressed my dislike of politics before, and how my least favorite thing to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TikTok appears to be changing hands, but what that means for users is up in the air. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images ...

In my recent book, Rethinking How We Think: Integrative Meta-perspective and the Cognitive “Growing Up” on Which Our Future Depends, I went into detail about the dangers of device addiction and what ...

In today’s increasingly contentious political climate, it can feel as if the act of logging on to our preferred social media platforms is cause for major anxiety. In a hyper-connected ...

Social media is filled with horrifying content as algorithms prioritise shock and rage over quality, writes Rebecca Henrys ...