India’s micro-drama boom is creating a new entertainment category — driven by smartphone-first viewing, rapid storytelling, ...

TikTok, Instagram and YouTube clips are designed to overwhelm the brain's pleasure circuitry and keep people watching.

TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts are engineered to hook viewers, with experts warning they're just the beginning.

An exhibition in Florence that pairs his giant canvases with Renaissance religious art brought me to the edge of tears. It is the perfect refuge from the infinite scroll, says Guardian columnist Rhian ...

Canada is preparing to ban children under 16 from social media platforms, prompting much debate about human rights – of teens ...

The UK is enforcing a social media ban for children under the age of 16. The BBC asked Americans of different ages if they ...

A social media ban for under-16s has been announced by the UK government. It will be introduced in early 2027. The government is also considering an overnight curfew and measures to stop infinite ...

A social media ban for under-16s would not be enforceable and the government should instead focus on restricting the features that make it addictive, the chief executive of an online safety charity ...

Trump has long used the government’s buildings as his own personal stage set, Kyle Chayka writes. As the second term has progressed, the theatrical symbols of his dominance have grown more ambitious ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It’s no secret that TikTok’s algorithm keeps users scrolling. It provides an endless stream of content specially curated for each of us, formed by our previous viewing habits. Hours are spent ...