European regulators think you need to ease up on your TikTok screen time. On Friday, the European Commission issued a preliminary ruling that found TikTok’s "addictive design" violates the EU’s ...

Studies have found links between excessive screen time and manic symptoms in pre-teens as well as other mental health risks, such as depression. Newman said this research suggested that well-intended ...

The Touch Grass app will block your most distracting apps until you (literally) touch grass. I'm already a fan. Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, ...

Instead of teens simply putting down their phones to take a break, TikTok wants them to use the app’s new breathing exercises and affirmation journal to improve their well-being. Over the past couple ...

Efforts by social media platforms to encourage users to take breaks from screen scrolling may actually lead to some of them spending even more time online. That's according to research coauthored by ...