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Adults addicted to social media complain

Korea Times News

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June 21, 2026

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Adults addicted to social media complain
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Nieman Lab

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· Jun 24, 2026

Overwhelmed by news on social? SaySo is betting a smaller, vetted creator feed is the answer

Social media is overwhelming. The amount of information, misinformation, and slop makes it hard for the average news consumer to wade through the deluge of posts and know who to trust. According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, more and more people are turning to creators for news. About 27 of adults...

The Hindu BusinessLine

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· Jul 11, 2026

Meta appeals verdict in social media addiction lawsuit

The case centred on a 20-year-old woman who said she became addicted to social media as a child and that it worsened her mental health struggles

The New Zealand Herald

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· Jun 24, 2026

Under the Influence video series: How social media affects our youth – and how we can respond

Under the Influence video series: How social media affects our youth – and how we can respond

Irish Tech News

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· Jun 30, 2026

Teens in UCD study say disturbing social media content ‘stays in the back of my mind all day’ 

Young people know they are training the algorithms and want more social media control, UCD study finds A new study from the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at UCD has found that teenagers are frustrated by social media algorithms and feel absent from discussions about content and regulation. Five focus groups with 87 []

Digital Trends

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· Jul 3, 2026

Most Americans want kids off social media before 16, new survey shows

A new Pew Research Center survey has found that 56 percent of Americans support banning social media for anyone under 16, with support crossing party lines and age groups.

TheJournal.ie

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· Jun 23, 2026

Kelly Earley: Social media bans for teens make the internet a worse place for all of us

Keeping teenagers off social sounds like a noble pursuit, but it risks a drop in standards for all other internet users.

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Related coverage for "Adults addicted to social media complain": Nieman Lab — Overwhelmed by news on social? SaySo is betting a smaller, vetted creator feed is the answer. The Hindu BusinessLine — Meta appeals verdict in social media addiction lawsuit. The New Zealand Herald — Under the Influence video series: How social media affects our youth – and how we can respond . Irish Tech News — Teens in UCD study say disturbing social media content ‘stays in the back of my mind all day’ . Digital Trends — Most Americans want kids off social media before 16, new survey shows. TheJournal.ie — Kelly Earley: Social media bans for teens make the internet a worse place for all of us