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The 5 social media apps that are most damaging to your cognitive health

You might think scrolling through your favorite apps is harmless enough. Maybe you're just passing time, staying connected, ...

In 2025, quitting social media felt easier than ever

I tried to get back on social media this year but sponsored content, AI slop and lack of other humans made it all so boring.

Smartphone use cuts into school hours, with social media leading the way

University of California, San Francisco investigators measured smartphone app activity during school hours among US ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Social media, not gaming, linked to teen attention crisis, study warns

For years, parents and politicians have blamed video games for an apparent collapse in kids’ ability to concentrate. A ...
New York Post

You don’t have to delete social media — 4 more healthy ways to use it that will reduce stress

Don’t want to ditch social media, but feel like it’s taking a toll on your mental health? You might not have to choose. New research from the University of British Columbia suggests that improving ...
Forbes India

Explained: What changes when social media apps open-source their code

Elon Musk has announced that X will soon make its code open source to clarify how posts on the social media platform are ...
Mashable

This Gen Z-er quit social media and hasn't looked back since

When I called Gabriela Nguyen, the 23-year-old founder of APPstinent, she picked up on her Cat S22 flip phone. Technically, because it runs the stripped-down operating system Android Go, you could ...
Communications of the ACM

Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban: Service Providers’ Legal Obligations, the Promise, and the Perils

The ban stems from amendments to the Online Safety Act 2021, which established a minimum age of 16 for users of social media. Rather than naming specific platforms, the law defines “age-restricted ...