All these events offered students and educators a chance to discuss unfolding news from deeply informed—but potentially, starkly opposing—perspectives, and to practice the sort of respectful, evidence ...

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 in one such trial ...

A baby running from a T-Rex with Lady Gaga playing in the background. Cats dancing on their hind legs dressed in streetwear. Bodycam footage of police arresting a pile of macaroni and cheese. Big Tech ...

Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...

As 2025 ends, the media landscape stands as a mirror of a year marked by political upheaval, cultural flashpoints, and a rapid evolution in how Americans consume information. From headline-dominating ...

If you have ever sworn off social media for a week or two because you sensed it was feeding your anxiety or dampening your mood, you may be on to something. A new study out last week in JAMA Network ...

Meta will soon show ads and other content to users based on their interactions with the company's digital assistant and other products powered by artificial intelligence. The company said its AI ...

New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online. “We’re sending these kids out into the world, and we’re supposed to have ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens’ use of social media, the internet and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The Center conducted an online survey of 1,458 U.S.