After Christmas, there was an eruption of stories covering how children and teens have changed their wish lists from toys to beauty products, showing their rapid maturation compared to previous ...

Virginia lawmakers are indicating that they have no intention of passing anything meaningful to protect minors from social ...

A legal loophole is allowing marijuana ads to slip past regulations and land right in front of kids on social media, a new ...

With Threads on track to surpass X as the real-time social app of choice, ads could appeal to many brands.

Opinion: The News Literacy Project tries to focus educators on resources to help young people navigate today’s complex ...

News literacy lessons, which teach students to use critical thinking in conjunction with the Internet to separate fact from ...

The average teen spends five hours on platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. What's different about me is how I think about all that content.

Adolescents find social media to be the most authentic media form, according to a new Center for Scholars and Storytellers at UCLA study. CSS, an adolescent-centered research group within the ...

A sensitive period for social learning coincides with the age at which many children use social media and encounter ...

Modern life is digital. Adults need to help young people navigate the costs and benefits, not launch bans and hope for the best.

A new version of this adage is now playing out across the United States, as more states are passing laws about how children and teens should use social media. In 2024, approximately half of all U ...

So far, almost all of these new protections are happening at the state level – it remains to be seen how the Trump administration will, if at all, weigh in on how children and teens are spending time ...