Rula reports that social media can harm teen mental health, linking excessive use to issues like depression and anxiety; ...

While the world attempts to limit underage access to apps, teenagers continue to find new ways to bypass rules and undermine systems.

Social media firms need to use better age verification technologies to keep children off their platforms, the U.K.'s ...

One-fifth of Australian teenagers under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from ...

Allowing your teen on social media can feel scary. Here's how experts say parents can make the experience safer for them. Social media can offer teens connection and creativity, but parents should ...

Data provided to Crikey by parental monitoring company Qustodio shows usage among under-16s during the first three months of ...

Teenagers who use social media more frequently may show slightly higher empathy, according to a new meta-analysis by researchers at Georgia State University. The study, a systematic review published ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens’ use of social media, the internet and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The Center conducted an online survey of 1,458 U.S.

For more than a decade, policymakers and advocacy groups have cast teenagers’ use of social media as a looming public health crisis. This now widely accepted assumption has fueled calls for bans and ...

There appears to be a "Goldilocks zone" when it comes to social media use among teenagers. Too much social media use can negatively affect a teenager's well-being, a new study finds, dovetailing with ...

Our leader arguing that banning teenagers from using social media does more harm than good and the accompanying briefing touched off a lively debate among readers. Here is a selection of their letters ...