The Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, often called the BSMAS, is a six-question questionnaire developed by researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway and published in 2012. It asks how often ...

You can also read our past social media lawsuit updates to catch up on earlier developments in these cases. Meta Agrees to $17.1 Billion Settlement Amid Social Media Addiction Litigation August 26th, ...

Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, caused a major public outcry when she revealed thousands of internal Facebook documents confirming that Facebook was aware of the negative impact social ...

Our firm has just filed a lawsuit against Meta, alleging that the tech company has ignored sextortion schemes that target teens on Instagram. This lawsuit represents two teens, 16‑year‑old M.D. from ...

Matthew Bergman, lead counsel for the Social Media Victims Law Center, addresses reporters alongside grieving parents whose children suffered severe harm from social media addiction during a landmark ...

AI chatbot companions are becoming a part of everyday life for many children and teens, often without parents realizing how deeply these tools are shaping their emotional world. Unlike traditional AI ...

A California jury has delivered a significant verdict against Meta and YouTube, awarding a total of $6 million in damages to a plaintiff who alleged that prolonged exposure to social media platforms ...

Social media use remains widespread among U.S. teens, with recent research showing that many use these platforms frequently or almost constantly. Many teens also say they spend more time on social ...

Social media platforms hide behind Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to avoid liability when they fail to take reasonable measures to protect their users from harm. This outdated law was ...

A new synthetic opioid called cychlorphine is behind a sharp rise in poisoning deaths across the country, and it’s being sold to kids and young adults on social media. It’s estimated to be ten times ...

(San Francisco, CA ) – The Social Media Victims Law Center, Tech Justice Law, and Susman Godfrey have filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court against OpenAI and Sam Altman on behalf of ...

According to recent investigations, Instagram’s recommendation algorithms have promoted accounts sharing child sexual abuse content. Researchers have determined that Instagram has a particularly ...