Wired

A Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Puts Big Tech on Trial

Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...
Psychology Today

Navigating the Impacts of AI-Driven Social Media Algorithms

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...
Engadget

X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...
Wall Street Journal

X’s Paris Office Raided by Prosecutors, Musk Summoned for Interview

PARIS—French authorities raided the Paris office of Elon Musk’s X and summoned the billionaire for an interview, a major escalation of European regulators’ battles with the social-media platform.
CNN

‘We will protect them from the digital Wild West.’ Another country will ban social media for under-16s

Spain will ban social media for under-16s and require platforms to employ strict age verification tools, joining Australia, France and Denmark in moves to curb the influence of digital platforms on ...
USA Today

Are social media giants like Meta liable for addiction? | The Excerpt

On the Monday, February 2, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: A landmark trial asks whether social media giants like Meta knowingly designed addictive platforms, and if they can be held legally ...
Paste

Kennedy Center’s Head Of Programming quits after 12 days

On January 16, Kevin Couch was announced as the new Head Of Artistic Programming at the Kennedy Center. “I am honored to join the Trump Kennedy Center at such a pivotal moment for the performing arts, ...
The Verge

Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media

Who has time for the metaverse when you can try AI-generated inspo content instead? Who has time for the metaverse when you can try AI-generated inspo content instead? is a news writer who covers the ...
Hartford Courant

CT lawmakers want to rescue kids from social media’s addictive algorithms. Here’s how

With children increasingly glued to their cell phones, state legislators are hoping to reduce potential harm with restrictions for those under 18. Lawmakers are pushing a detailed bill that would ...
Morningstar

Finding each other through the algorithm: one year as a 'local' on China's social media: Global Times

BEIJING, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Many American users who initially joined Xiaohongshu, a Chinese app for sharing daily life, a year ago following a looming TikTok ban - often referred to as ...
New York Magazine

Welcome to Desocialized Media

In the mundane course of modern life, you might occasionally find yourself glimpsing the dark abyss — that is, catching a few seconds of a stranger’s phone screen. A peek over a shoulder, through a ...