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OPINION: If any demographic has proved it cannot handle an unmoderated feed, it is fully grown adults, contributing columnist Joe Mathews writes.

Last week I spoke with Amelia Gentleman at The Guardian about the growing movement to ban young people under the age of 16 from social media platforms.

“Elephant? I don’t see no elephant!” An update on political and “experts’” rampant obtusity on “teenage mental health.”

The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.

Police statistics show no evidence of hundreds or thousands of teens “terrorizing streets,” “shutting down entire cities,” and causing “America’s biggest urban crisis.”

Last week I spoke with Amelia Gentleman at The Guardian about the growing movement to ban young people under the age of 16 from social media platforms.

Psychologist Candice Odgers has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years. She fears the current debate around smartphones obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of...

She has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years and fears the debate obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of Covid to the health of their adult caregivers

She has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years and fears the debate obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of Covid to the health of their adult caregivers

The slogan is taking power back from Big Tech. The fine print asks for your ID before you are allowed to say a word.

An evolutionary psychologist is challenging the popular understanding of kids and technology.

It has been a wild one

Odgers has been a scholarly, engaging (and to “ban teens” crusaders, enraging) advocate for youths’ online rights. Her new TED talk is forceful and deserves policy attention.

More countries are enacting policies to restrict teens' social media and smartphone use. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that won't address the bigger problems facing teens today.

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For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol u...

For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol u...

For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol u...

Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...

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Australia switched it on in December. Anyone under 16, locked out of their social media accounts, by law. France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, India, Egypt and

Around the world, governments are banning youth from social media. Proponents of bans claim that banning or restricting social media access is necessary to c...

My column on a recent study was invited and killed at the last minute

Social media isn’t the villain, but it’s not harmless either. Here’s what the research says—and how we can better support kids online.

We’ve been covering Australia’s under-16 social media ban since before it went into effect, first noting the confusion and obvious implementation problems as pretty much everyone realiz…

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In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.