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Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

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In separate trial verdicts last week, juries found Meta and YouTube were liable for knowingly designing addictive products. Eric Goldman of Santa Clara University’s High Tech Law Institute discusses ...

Dar Meshi is a psychologist in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. On 25 March, a California trial awarded US$6 million to a ...

For the first time in history, social media companies have been found guilty of harming the mental health of a young person. Last week, jurors in Los Angeles concluded that both Meta and Google ...

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the recent verdicts against Meta and the growing legal and cultural push to treat social media like a ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 18: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the Los Angeles ...

Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Sunday that social media platforms are "specifically designed to addict" adolescents and teenagers "similar to cigarettes" were marketed to young users by ...

A Colorado teenager is sounding the alarm on social media’s impact on young girls after surveying more than 1,000 peers nationwide and finding strong links between platform use and rising rates of ...