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France just made a move that could change the global conversation around kids and social media. In a decisive vote, France’s National Assembly approved a bill that would ban social media access for children under 15. The proposal passed 116-23 and now heads to the Senate. If approved, platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat could be off-limits to young teens as early as the next school year. President Emmanuel Macron called the vote a “major step” and urged lawmakers t

At first glance, it sounds like a dark joke. There’s a new app going viral called “Are You Dead?”  And yes, that’s actually the name. But once you look past the shock value, the reason people are downloading it hits uncomfortably close to home. The app was created in China, where it recently became the #1 paid app  on the Apple App Store. It’s also climbing the charts in the U.S., and the reason it’s blowing up has nothing to do with humor; it has everything to do with how m

For years now, social media has been cast as the main culprit behind rising mental health issues among teens and young adults. Anxiety? Blame Instagram. Loneliness? TikTok. Depression? Must be the algorithm. However, according to Meta, that story doesn’t actually align with the science. In a recent response to lawsuits and growing political pressure around teen social media bans, Meta pushed back hard on the idea that social platforms alone are responsible for youth mental he