The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements for the first, in ...

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Juries will soon hear arguments in a case against Meta and Google that could reshape social media protections for kids.

Alexa Curtin, who has a history of drug-use and arrests, detailed her circumstances while living on the crime-ridden streets of Lancaster, Calif.

House of Lords debate amendments to bill that could ban children under the age of 16 from having social media Nash goes on to make the case for a ban. Many teenagers are spending long hours – five, ...

Dear Annie: I am starting to feel like my whole life is lived through a screen, and I am ashamed to admit how much control my phone seems to have over me. I am 42 and married, with two kids in middle ...

According to a fresh study by the Pew Research Center, 64 percent of teens in the US say they already use AI chatbots, and about 30 percent of those who do say they use it at least daily. Yet as ...

In the new season of “My Strange Addiction,” people are opening up to the unique things they are interested in, including an individual who likes to eat raw meat, and another who eats live insects!

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As a 15-year-old high school student, DeAnna Duran thought the little blue pills that quickly ensnarled her into addiction’s unrelenting grip were “percs” — the street name for the prescription opioid ...

Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, often hears the same myth: You can't get hooked on pot. And the misconception has become more widespread as a growing number of states legalize marijuana. Around half now ...