A combination of war alerts, breaking news updates, and algorithmic feeds are trapping users in a threat-monitoring loop.

The big thinkers at Aperture examine how infinite scrolling affects behavior and society at large. The moment Trump found out the Supreme Court killed his tariffs Trump admin issues major new rule for ...

LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said his ministers “need to look at” social media design features like infinite scroll in a bid to encourage healthier habits for children online.

BRUSSELS — Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way. The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design ...

Doomscrolling is bad for us, brand new research has found – but it’s the activity we spend most time on. In other breaking news, water is wet and the Pope is Catholic. This doomscroll discovery may ...

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and push notifications, as well as its ...

The “writing is on the wall” for social media firms and the design of their platforms, Irish advocates have said, after the European Commission told TikTok its “addictive” features breach the law and ...

The European Commission says TikTok may need ‘to change the basic design’ of its app to comply with the law. The European Commission says TikTok may need ‘to change the basic design’ of its app to ...

European Union (EU) regulators are seeking to ban the most addictive features of the TikTok video platform, pushing the company to clamp down on “infinite scrolling” keeping people hooked on the app ...

The European Commission, the EU's executive body, has made a preliminary ruling that TikTok's algorithms, infinite scrolling, autoplay, and other features have a negative impact on the mental and ...

Moments after Alex Pretti was killed by U.S. federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, bystander videos of the fatal shooting quickly spread on social media. By the afternoon, footage from ...