What happened: Researchers tracked 295 young adults who quit Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and X for one week, monitoring their phones to see what they did instead. Key findings: Young adults ...

As someone in their 40s, I remember life before social media. I experienced the beginnings of the modern web, the successes and failures of web 2.0, and then the inexorable rise of social media sites ...

Building connections, revolutionizing news and expanding horizons vs. concerns around mental health, fake news and privacy ...

With more and more countries considering a social media ban for Under 16s, Prime Time asked a group of teenagers to go off social media for a week.

Cutting back on social media for a week resulted in less anxiety, depression, and insomnia for participants in a new study. Extensive social media engagement is viewed as potentially damaging to ...

Dialing down the use of social media for a week reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia in young adults, according to a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open.

Several events held across the many venues of Social Media Week Lagos with many attendees engaging in compelling conversations and getting informed on the latest trends in the space. The panellists ...

Social Media Week Hong Kong kicked off with a jam-packed press conference at the Pawn Restaurant in Wan Chai yesterday, with a panel of social media experts discussing the movement in Hong Kong and ...

In this photo illustration, a man holds an iPhone screen displaying various social media and messaging apps in Bath, England, on Jan. 25, 2026. In this photo illustration, a man holds an iPhone screen ...