From Hashtags to Harm: Social Media’s Dangerous Influence on Eating Disorders June 5, 2025 It started with a single click. At just eleven years old, Alexis Spence downloaded Instagram after classmates mocked her for being the only one without it. She was too young—two years shy of the minimum age requirement—but found step-by-step guides from other users showing how to bypass parental controls. Alexis even disguised the app as […] Read More
Last Scroll for Alcohol? Study Links Teen Social Media Bingeing to Early Substance Use November 20, 2024 A new study has unveiled alarming connections between excessive social media use and substance experimentation in pre-teens, raising urgent questions about the role of social media companies in safeguarding young users. The findings, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, suggest that pre-teens who spend excessive time on social platforms are more likely to experiment with […] Read More
Federal Judge Upholds Key School District Claims in Social Media Addiction Lawsuit November 8, 2024 Court Allows Negligence Allegations Against Tech Giants to Proceed On October 24, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers entered her order on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the School District and Local Government Entities’ Master Complaint In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Product Liability Litigation MDL No. 3047. In response to the […] Read More
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