Vigil held for teen soccer player killed in social media meetup shooting

Friends, teammates, and family gathered Wednesday night in University City to honor a teenage soccer player killed in a ...

Seahawks Super Bowl hero Derick Hall opens up about how 'God' saved him from near-certain death

Derrick Hall was born four months premature with a 1% survival chance. His faith and resilience carried him to Super Bowl ...
BroadwayWorld

Photos: Samuel D. Hunter Honored at Page 73 Gala 2026

Playwright and MacArthur “Genius” Samuel D. Hunter was honored at the Page 73 Gala 2026, celebrating the nonprofit renowned ...
Psychology Today

Why Are We So Dependent on Social Media?

Two recent jury verdicts have cast a harsh light on social media. A New Mexico jury found Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, negligent for misleading users about the safety of its platforms. A day ...
Pew Research Center

What parents say about their teen’s uses of social media

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on social media and how the views and experiences of teens vary across sites. This ...
Pew Research Center

Users of social media and AI chatbots for health information are more likely to say they are convenient than accurate

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on health information and how they view their own health. Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers ...
Hartford Courant

CT researchers study social media and youth mental health. Including more use versus more harm.

How does social media affect the mental health of young people, and does more use always mean more harm? Several researchers are working to find out through four pilot studies funded by Yale Child ...
WDSU

Moreno administration locked out of public social media pages

Sources within City Hall confirm to WDSU that the city of New Orleans social media accounts are inaccessible. Sources say the Moreno administration is unable to find the previous passwords and ...
The Washington Post

Higher social media use linked to lower support for democracy, poll shows

Americans who spend at least five hours a day on social media are more likely to feel heard, but also more open to political violence and less supportive of democracy, according to a major new poll ...
11Alive

Post circulating out of West Hall High investigated, authorities determine it did not make threat and did not violate law

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — A social media post circulating out of West Hall High School that resulted in "several anonymous safety tips" over the weekend was investigated and evidently cleared. The Hall ...
CNN

After two jury verdicts against social media companies, it’s time to reexamine your kids’ tech use

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and advises parents, students and teachers on how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media ...
PBS

Germany considers banning social media for most children

The debate over social media use by teens is raging on. In the U.S., Meta and Google were just handed back-to-back losses in lawsuits against them. Germany is looking to ban social media, or at least ...