A growing international backlash against social media giants is reshaping the debate over teenage mental health, online addiction, and corporate accountability, as courts, researchers, educators, and families confront what many now describe
We have received a response from Telegram regarding a report published in Sri Lanka Guardian that claimed $500 million in Russian-linked bonds had been frozen due to sanctions, stating that the article
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At first, mental-health videos on TikTok made Amy Russell feel understood. The 35-year-old saw creators joking about ADHD and sharing tips that resembled her own struggles. After two years of watching such
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The chief inspector of Ofsted, Sir Martyn Oliver, has expressed support for an Australian-style ban on social media for children under 16 in the United Kingdom, citing its impact on behaviour and
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by Durga Velayudham A moment after President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent address to the nation on the calamity facing the country due to Cyclone Ditwah, a grotesque spectacle unfolded online—one that once
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Meta has reportedly shut down internal studies into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding evidence that the platforms negatively affected users, according to unredacted court filings obtained by
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Social network Bluesky announced Friday that it has reached 40 million users and will soon begin testing a new “dislikes” feature aimed at improving personalization across its feeds. The move comes as
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X’s global head of revenue operations and advertising innovation, John Nitti, has left the social media platform after only ten months, according to people familiar with the matter, marking the latest executive
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Social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, has experienced a dramatic resurgence in value, now being valued at a staggering $44 billion. This sharp turnaround highlights a significant shift in the
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In a dramatic turn of events, Chinese social media app RedNote has surged to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store’s free downloads chart as the specter of a TikTok ban
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Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was released on Wednesday after paying a 5-million-euro (US$5.6 million) bail, but he is required to report to the police
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