On the eve of trial, TikTok has settled a lawsuit filed against it and three other social media platforms by a 19-year-old Northern California woman who alleges the online forums are addictive and ...

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The plaintiff, a 19-year-old Californian known by her initials, K.G.M., claims that years of using Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat as a child led to body ...

The vote follows the board’s rejection of the program last October, when some members raised concerns about references to ...

TikTok and Snapchat were also targeted by the lawsuit, but both have settled. The Snapchat settlement came last week, while ...

Harvard Medical School clinical psychologist Jacqueline Sperling discusses the impact of seeing video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, and how it affects users' mental health.

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Jonathan Haidt's 2024 book made the case that screen time had "rewired" kids' brains. The Amazing Generation is a collab with science journalist Catherine Price and graphic novelist Cynthia Yuan Cheng ...

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