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The few good studies on teen depression and social media undercut attempts to establish causal connections between the two.

When has the nation not been riven by disinformation?

TikTok allows video up to 10 minutes, but says surveys show almost half its users are stressed by anything longer than a minute. An Instagram video can be up to 90 seconds, but experts reckon the ideal time to maximise engagement is less than 15 seconds. Twitter doubled the length…

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Jonathan Haidt's integrity and transparency are admirable, but the studies he's relying on aren't strong enough to support his conclusions.

A growing body of evidence links a rise in depression in children to social media use. Will it lead to more regulation?

When society criminalizes outdoor independence, it makes smart phone addiction more likely.

Prominent social psychologist and NYU professor calls the requirement “explicitly ideological.”

Politically speaking, the internet is pretty much a disaster. One writer suspects that unhinged, unregulated social media are partly responsible for a retreat from democratic values — more tribalism, more violent rhetoric and less respect for law — pretty much around the world.

The bill makes little note of parents' ability to control their own children's social media access.