Current reporting, research and professional developments across Social Media, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
Therapist JoAnn Scott refuses to let her sons use social media. For her, the platforms are similar to addictive substances because of the quick dopamine rush users get from endless ...
Australia is maintaining its controversial social media ban for children under 16, introduced to tackle concerns regarding youth mental health.
Shanghai recently has launched a special campaign targeting against cyberbullying and toxic fan culture, vowing to crack down on accounts that use AI to spread rumors, engage in malicious doxxing, or ...
NEW YORK — New York took a major step this week toward enacting new social media restrictions for kids and teens after the state finalized rules that curb access to a number of “addictive” design ...
Georgia Tech and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta are working together to develop an AI social media surveillance tool that can identify when a young person is at risk of a harmful mental health event ...
The extreme investigators at How to Survive break down the digital tactics used by online harassers and reveal the essential strategies you need to stop cyberbullying in its tracks.
The big-idea explorers at Aperture dive into the surprising psychology behind why people choose to avoid social media.
SYDNEY, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Australia's government mounted a defence on Saturday of its world-first ban on social media for children under 16, even as fresh data revealed the scale of the challenge ...
Kolkata: One out of every three children is bullied online, a growing concern highlighted by experts during a seminar at Rotary Sadan on Friday. Education experts gathered to discuss ways to eradicate ...
It’s a world of new technology and artificial intelligence. The name artificial intelligence says everything — intelligence ...
Last July, the state passed a bill amending its regulations governing schools to include the generation and distribution of AI deepfakes as a form of cyberbullying. By July 1, schools were expected to ...
New York state officials have cemented a law that creates boundaries between social media companies and their access to kids.
An investigation by the Australian eSafety Commissioner suggests that platform operators are inadequately implementing age verification in Australia.
SINGAPORE, July 31 — Singapore should focus on making social media platforms safer rather than imposing a ...
Discover the psychology behind orbiting, the social media behavior of watching someone's life from afar without reconnecting or starting a conversation.
By Christine Chen and Byron Kaye SYDNEY, July 31 (Reuters) - More than 8 in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government's landmark ban on the platforms for ...
More than 8 in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because the tech firms failed to ...
Young people are far from just passive users who are easily influenced by social media, but actually make active choices, which tells us that we as educators, can help guide young people to make good ...
A panel of experts on Thursday urged the Japanese government to accelerate discussion on whether to introduce blanket age-based restr ...
Strengthening age-checking measures online to more accurately identify a user's age. This is one of the recommendations shared by a government-appointed panel that is studying the mental health impact ...
How much of what you see on social media comes from sources that repeatedly post falsehoods? And if that content quietly vanished from your feed, would you believe anything different months later?
Like the federal law, the California Consumer Privacy Act, passed in 2018, requires companies to obtain parental permission to collect data on kids under13. But it also protects teens between 13 and ...
A newly released draft law on combating cyberbullying has been praised by experts as a people-centered initiative that would establish a collaborative governance framework, uniting all sectors of ...
Concerns surrounding young people’s screen time are widespread. Australia became the first country to ban social media for users under 16 in December 2025, and Denmark, France and the U.K. have since ...
Unlike previous generations, children now grow up in an environment where friendships, achievements, appearance and opinions are constantly displayed online ...
The Importance of Managing Screen Time How Much Screen Time is Healthy: In our modern world, devices like smartphones, laptops, TVs, and tablets play a crucial role in daily life. Many individuals ...
Discover how social media features like direct messaging and infinite scrolling can negatively impact youth mental health, with expert recommendations. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has started soliciting public opinions on a draft law against cyber abuse in a bid to prevent mass dissemination of content involving insults, defamation, ...
Schools are adopting empathy-led strategies to tackle bullying. Experts explain why counselling, early intervention and stronger collaboration can help create safer learning environments for every ...
These features were part of a report on findings and recommendations for healthier and safer social media use among youth. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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