Former first lady Michelle Obama urged parents to get "tougher" on their kids' social media use during the Wednesday episode of her podcast, "IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson." Obama spoke ...

A new child safety bill, called the Kids Off Social Media Act, would prevent kids under 13 from creating social media accounts. It’s meant to “complement” KOSA and COPPA 2.0.

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 poli… ...

Most mainstream social media platforms say they don’t make their services available to kids under the age of 13. But Roblox is one of the few large internet platform companies that openly hosts ...

The research team, led by Jason Nagata, MD, MSc, associate professor in UCSF’s Department of Pediatrics, examined data following nearly 12,000 kids aged 9 to 10 years and then three years later at 12 ...

Social media is addictive and exposes kids to an array of distractions and vices. I just don't see how it helps them. Smartphones and social media are tricky to navigate, but I don't regret my stance.

A 2020 study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that teenagers who spent more than three hours a day on social media were 60 percent more likely to experience depression and ...

Parents should be given the right, "morally and humanely", to access their children's social media accounts after their deaths, MPs have heard. It comes after Ellen Roome, from Cheltenham ...

Another hurdle — kids who have never been on social media may find themselves ill-equipped to navigate the platforms when they are suddenly allowed free rein the day they turn 18. TALK, TALK ...

A comprehensive study of nearly 300,000 kids has linked increased screen time with “socioemotional problems” The study looked at TV, social media, online homework and gaming, and found that ...

Kids won't get off their phones even during our visits. I've had girls try to make social media videos during their appointments. I've had kids continue to answer texts from their friends while I'm ...

Former first lady Michelle Obama urged parents to get "tougher" on their kids' social media use during the Wednesday episode of her podcast, "IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson." ...