College students who used social media excessively experienced worse physical health and reported visiting the doctor more often.
"Doomscrolling" isn't just a new name for an existing behavior, researchers say. It's a unique behavior all its own, according to a new study.
Feature complexity and design complexity are two key characteristics that bring in likes on Instagram, research finds.
"Counterspeech" is one option for fighting hate speech online. Of three versions, inducing empathy seems to work best, say researchers.
Politely worded reminders that there may be consequences to posting hate speech on Twitter may temporarily reduce hateful language on the platform.
New research indicates that a particular personality type is given to sharing fake news despite warnings.
Some little kids use social media apps without supervision of their parents, who say it's a waste of time trying to monitor what their children do online.
Businesses may drive up profits using Facebook in the short term, but new disclosures could soon make the platform a ethical liability for brands.
YouTube says it will no longer allow content containing vaccine misinformation. But can they enforce it? Could it backfire? Two experts weigh in.
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