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 ...

This is what seven men and five women decided yesterday during a highly-watched jury trial in the US that could shape the ...

A California jury has declared that social media giants Meta and YouTube were liable for harming a young woman by designing ...

Meta and Google are in court in Los Angeles, facing questions about whether features like infinite scrolling and autoplay are designed to keep users hooked. The lawsuit claims these tools are built to ...

It was as “easy as ABC”, claimed the lawyer prosecuting a landmark social media harm case against Meta and Google which heard closing arguments this week. The defendants were guilty, said Mark Lanier, ...

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Doomscrolling could itself be doomed if European Union regulators have their way. The European Commission is taking a historic stand against social media, ordering TikTok to disable infinite scrolling ...

SANTA FE, N.M. – The State of New Mexico’s trial against Meta is now in its second week. Monday’s testimony focused on the impact of infinite scrolling on teens. On Monday, the courtroom heard about ...

Have you ever tried to reach the end of your feed on Facebook, Instagram, or Bluesky? You probably couldn’t, since those platforms don’t really have an “end ...

The big picture: The European Commission has formally accused TikTok of designing its product to be addictive – particularly for minors – and indicated that features such as infinite scroll may need ...

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BRUSSELS — Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way. The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design ...