The average teenager now spends approximately nine hours daily consuming digital media, with social platforms accounting for about one third of that time. This unprecedented level of connectivity arrives during a developmental period when the adolescent ...

New York, 28 October 2025 – Thirty years after the landmark 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, world leaders will gather at the Second World Summit for Social Development taking place from 4 to 6 November in Doha, Qatar to ...

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to a new study that suggests a link between social media ...

As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or whether depressed kids simply spend more time on social media? A new study provides answers. Researchers at UC San Francisco found that ...

Increased social media use in early adolescence is linked to higher depressive symptoms a year later, suggesting a one-way relationship. The study provides longitudinal data on younger adolescents, addressing a gap highlighted by the US Surgeon General's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. At a time when established social media platforms are facing criticism and turbulence — from TikTok's temporary shutdown to Meta's withdrawal from fact-checking and growing criticism ...