Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. The negative mental health effects of social media on kids and teens is well documented. Now, school districts and ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws aimed at protecting children from the potential harms of social media and AI chatbots

For years, social media and video apps weren’t quite able to overtake good old television as Americans’ most-used source for news. That’s finally changed, according to Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) in its 2025 ...

The White House claims the Donald Trump-owned Truth Social is the “most powerful and popular social media platform in the world.” The statement, provided to The New York Times by White House spokesperson Davis Ingle,

I was talking to a group of zombies. Not actual zombies, but a group of young people on their phones, staring at small glowing screens instead of making eye contact. They were half-listening and half-scrolling. Most were using social media apps like TikTok ...

Social media can be as addictive as crack cocaine. News updates and “likes” trigger a release of dopamine that fosters psychological dependence. Young people whose brains aren’t fully developed easily get hooked, leading to compulsive use, depression ...

Instead of posting my life updates on social media, I shared them with friends in person. The hugs I get are ten times better than a like on a post.

The Chinese Communist Party has spent years trying to make “positive energy” the dominant mood of the country’s internet. It’s no longer working.