The nonprofit that oversees Wikipedia briefly enforced a 'read-only' mode on Thursday morning as users spotted code designed to delete articles and place Russian text in the edit summary.

The government is currently considering an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s in the UK, and has highlighted infinite scrolling as a feature which "drives addictive or compulsive use".

A Chrome vulnerability allowed malicious extensions to hijack the browser’s Gemini Live assistant to spy on users and ...

LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said his ministers “need to look at” social media design features like infinite scroll in a bid to encourage healthier habits for children online.

In a world full of negativity and challenges, we often turn to doomscrolling as a way of taking our minds off things. However, a new trend is emerging, one that invites a little joy into our lives. It ...

Rates of internet addiction among children and adolescents have nearly doubled since the pandemic – Symptoms, impact on academic performance and nutrition – Setting an age limit on social media is ...

Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified that 16 hours of daily scrolling isn’t “addiction” during a Los Angeles trial where Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face lawsuits over allegedly addictive algorithms.

BRUSSELS — Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way. The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design ...