LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening ...

The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury. By Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang Eli ...

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard line on a political issue, and the platform is quick to respond—serving up ...

Imagine thousands of chatbots immersed in social media created specifically for them, a site where humans may watch but are not allowed to post. It exists. It's called Moltbook, and it's where AI ...

“Most of the harm that comes from alcohol,” said one researcher, is “due mostly or mainly to drinking with their buddies.” By Roni Caryn Rabin The psychologist first became intrigued by the phenomenon ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. TikTok has agreed to settle in a landmark social ...

LOS ANGELES — The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements for ...

Lawyers for a now-20-year-old woman argued that addictive features harmed her mental health as opening statements began Monday in a landmark trial against Meta and YouTube, the first of hundreds of ...

Experts say the term ‘addiction’ is be overused and, for social media use, could be difficult to prove Forthcoming legal proceedings against Meta and YouTube are frequently referred to as the “social ...

Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...

Nearly two months after age restrictions for under-16s were introduced, we revisit five teenagers on how they’re experiencing – or getting around – the ban Australian social media ban explained: ...

The Moltbook mascot is a lobster with an alien head that might look a little familiar. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) (Cheng Xin via Getty Images) Last week, a new social network was ...