SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Members of a group who help others leave polygamous communities have filed a lawsuit against Utah's new social media laws. Under the Social Media Regulation Act, Utah has ...
This story is jointly published by nonprofits Amplify Utah and The Salt Lake Tribune, in collaboration with Salt Lake Community College, to elevate diverse perspectives in local media through ...
From state capitols to Washington, D.C., lawmakers are scrambling to come up with regulations that can protect kids from the potential harms of social media, since the platforms have been ...
Teenagers are increasingly using social media to self-diagnose their mental health issues, alarming parents and advocates who say actual care should be easier to access. A poll by EdWeek Research ...
A push by leading Democrats to restrict how social media companies use algorithms to serve content to children has been met by a high-stakes lobbying effort. By Jay Root and Grace Ashford ...
When Peter Gray remarried and became a stepfather to two small children in the early aughts, he made a discovery that ...
Momentum has been building to force social media companies to make their products safer for kids. But some of the solutions getting the most attention, while well intended, don’t address the ...
A Utah mother is fighting for her teenage daughter’s access to diabetes medicine. Ruby Smart, 15, has been taking Levemir (detemir) insulin since she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes more than ...
Mitchell Prinstein, chief science officer of the American Psychological Association (APA), knows that monitoring social media use is stressful for many parents. “It’s really tragic that ...
My entire life I’ve seen a similar pattern. Older generations reflect on the deficiencies of “kids these days,” and they find something new to blame. The latest technology and new forms of ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts. Lawmakers on Friday gave final ...