Could the social media ruling follow the path of the landmark cases against big tobacco a few decades ago? — Alicia P.Q.

The jury ordered the companies to pay $6 million in damages over defective design. The landmark verdict may influence the ...

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress ...

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One 2024 survey found that almost a third of American adults regularly doomscroll—that is, swipe through endless social media ...

Jurors found Meta and Google liable for building apps that inflicted mental-health problems on a teenager, and similar ...

To better understand Americans’ social media use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,733 U.S. adults from May 19 to Sept. 5, 2023. Ipsos conducted this National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) for ...

In many ways, media literacy needs to go hand-in-hand with other skills and information that is being taught to students. California became the latest state in the country to require media literacy ...

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 in one such trial ...

Many Americans use social media for news: About a fifth or more regularly get news on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. The share of news influencers in our sample with a Bluesky account ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 18: A'ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces celebrates after defeating the New York Liberty during Game Four of the 2023 WNBA Finals at Barclays Center on October 18, 2023 ...

Americans’ trust in the media to report the news fairly and accurately has sunk to its lowest point in more than five decades. Just 31 percent of respondents in Gallup’s latest survey on the topic ...