Social Sentiment Indicator: A Guide to Its Meaning and Use

Discover how a social sentiment indicator evaluates social media data to assess business performance and forecast stock ...
Computer Weekly

The UK’s proposed social media ban explained

The UK government will use new legal powers to lay the groundwork for an under-16 social media ban after its consultation on children’s digital well-being, but opponents warn the measures being ...

Hailey Buzbee-inspired social media restrictions and cuts to 'low earning' degrees passes House

One of the bill's House sponsors, Rep. Joanna King, R-Middlebury, said Feb. 17 that the legislation "does not censor speech ...
Colts Wire

Hailey Buzbee-inspired social media rules and cuts to degrees pass House

One of the bill's House sponsors, Rep. Joanna King, R-Middlebury, said Feb. 17 that the legislation "does not censor speech ...
The Economist

Don’t ban teenagers from social media

People don’t agree on much these days. But one thing brings them together, whatever their politics: the idea that, because social media harm children and teenagers, they should be banned from using ...
The Guardian

Instagram CEO dismisses idea of social media addiction in landmark trial

Adam Mosseri defends app on witness stand and says critics must separate ‘clinical addiction’ from ‘problematic use’ Instagram’s CEO dismissed the idea that users can be addicted to social media at a ...
CBS News

Social media companies accused of "addicting the brains of children" as trial begins

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 ...
The New York Times

YouTube Argues It Isn’t Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial

The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury. By Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang Eli ...
Wired

A Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Puts Big Tech on Trial

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 ...
The Atlantic

A Social-Media Ban Really Could Do a Lot of Good

Australia recently decided to try something ambitious. Starting late last year, all children under 16 have been banned from having accounts on social-media sites such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram ...
CNBC

Blockbuster social media trial kicks off, with more to come this year

A landmark case against social media giants Meta, Alphabet's YouTube and TikTok is set to begin Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. It's the first of several high-profile legal cases against social ...
The Hill

Sweeping social media addiction lawsuit heads to trial

A historic lawsuit accusing several prominent social media companies of intentionally designing their platforms to addict children is set to head to trial in Los Angeles on Tuesday. It marks the first ...