Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety

Starting this week, a series of trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

Digital addiction emerging as major concern in children and youth: Economic Survey 2025-26

Digital addiction is growing as a significant health problem among children and the youth and is also contributing to the mental health crisis in the country, said the government on Thursday in the Economic Survey 2025-26.

Economic survey: Rising digital addiction prompts call for age-based online access

India's Economic Survey warns of a digital addiction crisis. It proposes age-based online access and school digital wellness programs. Measures include offline youth hubs and promoting simpler devices.

Son's Internet Obsession Turns Deadly, Fueling Fears About Digital Addiction in Children

A California jury convicts a man after a deadly shooting sparked by an internet dispute, raising new concerns over digital addiction at home.
East Bay Times

U.S. is spending big on child mental health, addiction treatment, study says

As a children’s emergency room doctor in San Francisco, Ashley Foster has found herself treating an increasing number of adolescents for substance abuse, anxiety, depression and other behavioral health issues over the last decade. Often, they arrive at ...
The Press of Atlantic City

After losing their children and parents to addiction, families rebuild a new normal

NICOLE LEONARD Staff Writer Jan 1, 2018 Jan 1, 2018 0 Debbie Dowdal loves decorating for the holidays — or at least, she used to. On the Sunday before Christmas Eve, she sat at a long picnic table covered in crinkly green plastic near the back of a ...