In a pocket of spare time, you may reach for your phone to scroll social media - but how often do you end up spending more time here than you planned?

Social media is “designed to keep our eyes on it – in order to make us look at advertisements”, said Professor Robin Banerjee, who led the research. This means “we’ve got this very, very clear pattern ...

The inventor of the infinite scroll, Aza Raskin, testified in New Mexico, expressing regret over his creation.

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.

The big picture: The European Commission has formally accused TikTok of designing its product to be addictive – particularly for minors – and indicated that features such as infinite scroll may need ...

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 ...

The European Commission (EC), the EU's policy enforcement body, has issued a provisional ruling that TikTok's addictive design violates the Digital Services Act (DSA). On February 6, 2026, local time, ...

Each one is an interruption, and over the course of a day, they continuously nudge you to pick up your phone. So, get rid of them. On an iPhone, go to Settings > Notifications, select an app, and ...

You can lose the battle but still win the war ...

Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified that 16 hours of daily scrolling isn’t “addiction” during a Los Angeles trial where Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face lawsuits over allegedly addictive algorithms.