Social media is “designed to keep our eyes on it – in order to make us look at advertisements”, said Professor Robin Banerjee, who led the research. This means “we’ve got this very, very clear pattern ...

The inventor of the infinite scroll, Aza Raskin, testified in New Mexico, expressing regret over his creation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Social media app TikTok has been accused of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive” by the ...

SANTA FE, N.M. – The State of New Mexico’s trial against Meta is now in its second week. Monday’s testimony focused on the impact of infinite scrolling on teens. On Monday, the courtroom heard about ...

The American Psychological Association (APA) issued a report Tuesday criticizing how social media is designed in a way that jeopardizes the youth's mental health. More than half of teenagers are ...

YouTube is among the last bastions of limited, curated content. A new experiment could threaten that. YouTube is testing out an unlimited swipe-through model, in which certain Android users can slide ...

It's easy to go down the social media rabbit hole -- scrolling, clicking as time slips away. Could it be that it's not entirely our fault? One senator thinks we're falling victim to what he calls ...

YouTube is testing infinite scroll for long-form videos. This change, spotted in the YouTube app, could alter or even destroy an important gesture navigation for smartphone users. YouTube is by far ...

Do you find yourself doom-scrolling, or spending more time than you should consuming negative news on the internet and social media and want to stop? Well, there’s now an app for that. Researchers ...

A few years ago, everyone was clicking. Today, we’re all scrolling. Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, and as of this week, Instagram and Medium - it seems everyone is getting on the infinite scroll bus.

The creator of infinite vertical scrolling in social media, [Aza Raskin], infamously regrets his creation that has helped to waste a tremendous amount of human attention and time on the Internet. But ...