A landmark trial found social media companies liable for designing addictive products. Nicola J Kalk and Ben Carter look at ...

A growing movement claims social media is “addictive,” and lawmakers are treating it as settled science. But the evidence is ...

The Milbank Quarterly finds makers used tobacco-like tactics — pairing refined carbs and fats with sensory design — to ...

Recent rulings against Meta and YouTube are rewriting the story of social media addiction, making it important for clinicians to steer clients toward better awareness.

(CNN) — Teens who spend lots of time on social media have complained of feeling like they can’t pay attention to more important things like homework or time with loved ones. (CNN) — Teens who spend ...

Many people spend hours on the internet every week -- but some people can't pull away. For individuals with internet addiction, there's a type of short-term therapy that can be an effective treatment, ...

“Overall, the mechanisms underlying internet addiction are more like an emerging pattern than a finished picture,” Chang said. “A lot of causality between what happens in the brain and what is ...