In A Nutshell A new study tracking 8,000+ American pre-teens found that addiction-like screen behaviors at ages 11-12 were ...

Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified that 16 hours of daily scrolling isn’t “addiction” during a Los Angeles trial where Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face lawsuits over allegedly addictive algorithms.

Rates of internet addiction among children and adolescents have nearly doubled since the pandemic – Symptoms, impact on academic performance and nutrition – Setting an age limit on social media is ...

Excessive use of screens affects sleep and attention span and contributes to anxiety, depression, and a reduction in real-world social interactions ...

My morning routine goes something like this. Every weekday, I wake up to the sound of one of Apple’s default alarms and reach ...

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app for being "addictive," calling out ...

Do you think spending too much time on social media is an addiction? Instagram CEO has a very specific answer.

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri faced a courtroom storm as families accused the platform of fueling teen depression and addictive use. Under oath, Mosseri denied the app was addictive, but internal emails ...

A woman checks phone sitting on a stairway outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) It’s simple to accidentally become entranced by an endless loop ...

Going to sleep requires ending the day. Closing the loop. Deciding: this is done, tomorrow is tomorrow. And you can't do that ...

Constantly find yourself doomscrolling on social media? You may just be doing so out of habit, not addiction. That’s according to research conducted on 1,204 US adults, which found excessive social ...