Social Media

Australia’s prime minister said the legislation is for parents who are “worried sick” like him about the harm of social media.

4B is a feminist movement that is believed to have originated in South Korea which calls for women to not date, marry, have sex with, or have children with men.

Elon Musk is the most-followed user on X, and election misinformation he spreads on the platform oftentimes far surpasses accurate information spread by government officials.

TikTok “tradwife” Gretchen Adler is weighing in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch which parodied her and other “tradwives” as it spoofed a TikTok “for you page.”

Meta’s head of global safety said “sextortion” has become more common across social media platforms, including Instagram.

Martha Stewart exclusively told E! News that while she doesn’t love the term “Trad Wife,” she is a big fan of some of the viral content creators who have been dubbed with the title.

YouTube star Jack Doherty was criticized on social media after crashing his $200,000 McLaren during a livestream on Kick, which has since removed his profile from its platform. 

The rumor mill about immigrants attacking household pets got its start in thinly sourced anecdotes shared at government meetings and on social media.

Rep. Tim Walberg slammed Meta for its response to a bipartisan group of lawmakers regarding illicit drug ads on its platform.

Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last five years or so — and social media, where tainted, fake prescription drugs can be obtained with just a few clicks, is part of the problem.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is promising stepped-up efforts to fight criminality on the messaging app.

New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat. He says that the site’s design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate child sexual exploitation.

A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block social media platform X nationwide.

Young girls are buying up anti-aging products they see promoted on social media, with harmful effects for their skin — and their mental health.

The viral phrase “very demure, very mindful” has been filed for trademark by a Washington State man named Jefferson Bates.

Bestselling author and co-host of the Breakfast Club, Charlamagne Tha God opens up about mental health struggles, his hate for small talk and generational differences.  

Paris marked the first edition of the Team USA Creators program, where creators, many of them Olympians, came to Paris to help tell the story of the Olympics on social media.

The 65-year-old Olympian and swimming commentator pulled back the curtain on his relatable social media presence.

As part of an I-Team investigation into the impact of smartphones and social media on teenage mental health, a group of teenagers agreed to give up their phones for a week and share how it went and how they felt. News 4’s Chris Glorioso reports.

An exclusive national survey of school administrators shows principals and vice principals are alarmed by how smartphones and social media have transformed school hallways and classrooms. By wide margins, hundreds of school leaders polled in the survey said they believe phones are having negative impacts on student mental health, making kids tired and distracted, and amplifying conflict and bullying in…