Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for the landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm ...

It's been four months since Australia banned under-16s from using social media, and ever since, a growing number of countries ...

When it’s time for Emily, 15, to revise for her next test, she doesn’t crack open a book – she logs onto TikTok. The Manchester secondary school pupil knows what this sounds like. Just an excuse to ...

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress. By Cecilia Kang Ryan Mac and Eli Tan Cecilia Kang reported from ...

It’s called the infinite scroll – a design feature on social media, shopping, video and many other apps that continuously loads content as you reach the bottom of the page. Handy? Yes. Clever? Also ...

It was as “easy as ABC”, claimed the lawyer prosecuting a landmark social media harm case against Meta and Google which heard closing arguments this week. The defendants were guilty, said Mark Lanier, ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The inventor of the infinite scroll, Aza Raskin, testified in New Mexico, expressing regret over his creation, which traps users in endless scrolling. Raskin explained that ...

Doomscrolling could itself be doomed if European Union regulators have their way. The European Commission is taking a historic stand against social media, ordering TikTok to disable infinite scrolling ...

SANTA FE, N.M. – The State of New Mexico’s trial against Meta is now in its second week. Monday’s testimony focused on the impact of infinite scrolling on teens. On Monday, the courtroom heard about ...

The era of unlimited scrolling is coming to an end. 2026 brings landmark lawsuits that compare platforms like Facebook and Instagram to the tobacco industry. Leaked internal documents show that tech ...

The big picture: The European Commission has formally accused TikTok of designing its product to be addictive – particularly for minors – and indicated that features such as infinite scroll may need ...