Rep. Gary Turco, D-Newington, listens to Rep. Gale Mastrofrancesco, R-Wolcott, about legislation to restrict the use of algorithms on social media for minors during a hearing on May 14, 2025. Credit: ...

But the real question is: connected to what? Parker Woodroof, Ph.D., a social media expert and associate professor of marketing at the Collat School of Business at the University of Alabama at ...

Big changes are coming for New York’s youngest social media users after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two bills into law Thursday clamping down on digital platforms’ algorithms and use of children’s data.

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...