Chief Executive Officer of Telecel Ghana, Ing. Patricia Obo-Nai has called on the nation’s expanding community of young data scientists to transform their technical knowledge into tangible solutions ...

Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’ ...

A plethora of lawsuits, involving more than 1,800 plaintiffs, have been filed against social media companies, including ByteDance, Meta Platforms, Snapchat and Google, within the past two years ...

The PSNI says it is investigating a Ballymena-based social media group in which the addresses of migrants were shared last week. The force says it is “taking the matter very seriously” and is ...

Social media algorithms are complex sets of rules and calculations used by social media platforms to prioritize content in users’ feeds. They are like the invisible puppeteers behind the scenes, ...

A FIRE has broken out at Larne Leisure Centre following vandalism at the facility. Social media footage showed masked individuals smashing windows at the leisure centre in Co Antrim and setting ...

A new book argues that social media does more harm than good and we might be happier and healthier using it less.

Young consumers who shop online and have FOMO (fear of missing out) tend to feel lower levels of social, psychological and financial well-being, a new study finds – but there’s one ...

As with many aspects of adolescent development, the impact of social media appears highly dependent on patterns of use, parental modeling, and individual vulnerability factors.

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - As social media continues to gain popularity among children and teens, concerns surrounding its impact on mental health are rising. In 2023, former Surgeon General Vivek ...

Social media companies must institute stronger protections for children.