Expanded privacy protections went into effect on July 1 under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act. Tong says the safeguards are ...

The tenacious families of social media victims celebrated the landmark verdict Wednesday that determined Meta and Google design their platforms to be addictive — but insisted that the “war is not over ...

Google-owned YouTube has settled a social media addiction lawsuit brought by a Florida teen who accused the video-sharing ...

Telling ourselves that devices and platforms “hijack” our brains plays right into Big Tech’s hands. Does repeating a falsehood make it true? It seems so, at least when it comes to the myth that ...

Social media features such as infinite scroll and personalised feeds can drive compulsive use. Experts argue that Big Tech should change its business models for meaningful change. The European Union ...

The Big Tech companies deny these claims, saying they did their best to protect free expression while keeping users safe. They question the whole concept of “tech addiction,” pointing out that there’s ...