The conversation around social media addiction has been building for years, but a recent landmark verdict has pushed it into an entirely new phase. What once felt like a personal struggle or a ...

A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a landmark case that accused the tech giants of intentionally addicting a young woman and injuring her mental health.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At age six, Sarah Hill was handed her first iPad by her parents, which she used to play games like Angry Birds and Minecraft ...

Is social media addiction real? A new study explores the brain changes and psychological impacts of excessive use following a landmark $6 million California court ruling.

If you, like many of us, spend most of your waking hours staring at screens—shuttling between work email, TikTok, YouTube, and group chats—you’ve probably wondered, at least half-jokingly, whether you ...

In a landmark ruling against Meta and YouTube this week, a Los Angeles jury determined that tech addiction is real—and dangerous. They awarded a combined $6 million in damages to a young woman who ...

A landmark trial over social media addiction is playing out in Los Angeles. The case is being brought against Meta and Google, the parent company of YouTube, by a plaintiff who says her excessive use ...

The use of artificial intelligence and digital systems is emerging as a method to understand, identify and respond to addiction, demonstrating technology’s capacity to aid public health initiatives, ...