Education Week

Scroll With Caution: Another State Requires Social Media Warning Labels

Research has shown a connection between the amount of time students spend on social media and struggles with mental health. A ...
The Economist

Social media are making it easier for cults to recruit and control members

Prevention may be the most effective response. Teaching young people how manipulation works could make them less susceptible.

Sarasota County icon Snook Haven closed for months. Here's what's next

Snook Haven, a popular waterfront restaurant and park in Sarasota County, has been closed since May. Here’s what’s next for ...
New Scientist

Australia's social media ban faces challenges and criticism on day one

Australia’s unprecedented ban on social media for under 16s has finally come into force, but day one of the new law has revealed some teething problems, including the fact that some children have ...
Law

Meta Has No Monopoly in Social Networking, US Judge Rules in Setback for FTC

"The Court ultimately concludes that the agency has not carried its burden: Meta holds no monopoly in the relevant market," U.S. District Chief Judge James Boasberg wrote in a decision granting ...
Ars Technica

Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead

After years of pushback from the Federal Trade Commission over Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, Meta has defeated the FTC’s monopoly claims. In a Tuesday ruling, US District Judge James ...
Gold Derby

‘The Social Reckoning’: Why Jesse Eisenberg isn’t appearing in the ‘Social Network’ follow-up

More stories by Kevin P. The news that Aaron Sorkin, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network, was developing a follow-up for himself to direct went off like a bombshell in the ...
Time

When Everything Is Fake, What’s the Point of Social Media?

Major global outage impacts popular apps and websites, looking at the safety of the NFL, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x Earlier this week, a heartwarming post about a girl, a puppy, and a police ...
Harvard Medical School

A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world

Rudy Fraser's Blacksky is mentioned as a new wave social media app that focuses on depth, rather than breadth. "[Blacksky] targets minorities and marginalized individuals and has an algorithm that can ...
CNN

Denmark plans to ban social media for users under 15, as PM says platforms are ‘stealing childhood’

Denmark will move to ban social media for children under 15, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Tuesday, saying the online platforms are “stealing our children’s childhood.” Speaking at the opening ...
Variety

‘The Social Network’ Follow-Up Sets 2026 Release Date and Official Title: ‘The Social Reckoning’

Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to “The Social Network,” now officially titled “The Social Reckoning,” will hit theaters on Oct. 9, 2026, Sony Pictures announced Friday. Oscar winner ...
Yahoo

The Social Network 2 Gets Official Title & Release Date

The Social Network 2 has received an official title and release date. David Fincher’s The Social Network was released in the United States in 2010. Written by Aaron Sorkin and based on the 2009 book ...