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Focusing only on under-16s obscures the lack of internet safeguards for everyone else

In many ways, it looks like any other primary school. There is a library, a cafeteria, classrooms, and a noticeboard celebrating the star of the week.…

A 16-year-old boy and his mum went to see their GP, Dr Rangan Chatterjee, on a busy Monday afternoon. That weekend, the boy had been at…

February 13, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAlgorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid itResearchers used a browser extension…

Science has not yet settled whether an all-consuming social-media habit qualifies as a true addiction. Credit: Paul Hanna/AFP/GettyIs social media addictive to young people? A jury…

Surveys are a cornerstone of social-science research. Over the past two decades, online recruitment platforms — such as Amazon Mechanical Turk, Prolific, Cloud Research’s Prime Panels…

A viral Reddit post mocks a $22 grilled cheese sandwich and helps to sink a Bay Area shop. A restaurant owner is forced to push back…

Forthcoming legal proceedings against Meta and YouTube are frequently referred to as the “social media addiction trials”, but whether these platforms are truly addictive is still…

Hidden-market promoters of weight-loss drugs are running social media “giveaway” competitions that offer powerful, unlicensed medicines as prizes.The Guardian has been monitoring WhatsApp and Telegram groups…

NewsFeedPalestinian journalist Bisan Owda, who’s known for sharing the realities of life in Gaza, says she’s regained access to her TikTok. On Wednesday, she shared a…