Opinion

Pinterest CEO calls on governments to ban social media for users under 16

Pinterest’s CEO, Bill Ready, has called for governments to ban social media for users under 16 in a new Time op-ed. He’s now one of the few top CEOs to call for such a restriction, as nations ...

Polymarket Says It Predicts the Truth. Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods.

A review of the betting market’s social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.
Forbes

If Social Media Is So Bad For Us, Why The Need For Bans?

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: In this photo illustration, the Facebook and Instagram apps are seen on the screen of an iPhone on October 04, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Social media ...
Mashable

Mark Zuckerberg in courtroom hot seat over social media dangers

The trial's plaintiff says social media platforms are intentionally designed to hook children for profit. Credit: Kyle Grillot / Bloomberg via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg appeared before a jury today ...
CNBC

India discussing age-based restrictions with social media firms, top minister says

India is discussing age-based social media restrictions with social media companies, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday. Any crackdown in India, a country of 1.4 billion people, could have a ...
Phys.org

Teens see social media, more than school, as the place to learn about race and faith

For most young people, learning about social and political issues doesn't start with a textbook. It starts with a phone. While debates intensify about whether to impose a social media ban on under-16s ...
Reuters

Sustainable Switch: The countries banning social media for teens

This is an excerpt of the Sustainable Switch newsletter, where we make sense of companies and governments grappling with climate change, diversity, and human rights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
CNBC

A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones

Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...
Wired

A Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Puts Big Tech on Trial

Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...
Engadget

Spain set to ban social media for children under 16

Spain will join the growing list of countries banning access to social media for children, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday. The law will apply to users under 16 years of age amidst a ...
CNN

‘We will protect them from the digital Wild West.’ Another country will ban social media for under-16s

Spain will ban social media for under-16s and require platforms to employ strict age verification tools, joining Australia, France and Denmark in moves to curb the influence of digital platforms on ...
Forbes

Why Banning Social Media Isn’t The Right Answer For America’s Kids

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Castrucci is the president & CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...