Police warn about viral social media trends including the 'door-kicking challenge' and 'UrbanEx' as teens seek social media ...

Woodroof encourages parents to be kind to themselves. He says social media is a new phenomenon to everyone, and algorithms are designed to keep us scrolling, but the next step is setting guidelines ...

Artificial intelligence models used to detect depression on social media are often biased and methodologically flawed, ...

Meanwhile, many teens say they are online "almost constantly," and 1 in 5 report that social media platforms "hurt" their ...

About 55% report being extremely or very worried about the mental health of today's teens. The report also notes a growing trend of teens turning to social media for mental health information.

While this report is unlikely to settle the long-running debate about whether social media is more helpful or harmful to young people, the fact that teens’ views are shifting is telling.

I gave up social media except for work and stopped watching movies and TV shows. At least for now, I don't miss screens for entertainment.

Excessive social media use does not seem to be just a UK issue - with research conducted by the University of Cambridge last year finding that 48 per cent of British teenagers feel like they are ...

But here’s the catch: the more you use social media, the harder it can be for your brain to resist it. It’s like training your brain to crave those dopamine hits – just like an addiction.

With their curated, glossy images, social media can ramp up anxiety and insecurity for students. It turns out that teachers, too, can feel pressured by the inevitable comparison game.

Symptoms of this include being unable to relax or feeling upset or irritable most of the time. About 27 per cent of youths were also found to use social media excessively.

Jess Dreyfus, a 47-year-old social media marketing manager from Southern California, had worn glasses since she was eight years old and wanted to finally ditch her specs. So for her 40th birthday ...