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Nikita Bier described the custom timelines feature as 'one of the biggest changes to X' and a 'huge undertaking' that required 'many months' of development.

Research indicates that LGBTQ+ teens entering high school experience significantly higher anxiety symptoms compared to their cisgender heterosexual peers, highlighting the unique challenges they face during this transition.

You could do something stupid at 15 and only the three people there remembered it - not the entire internet forever.

In a world where audiences are flooded with content, cutting through the noise requires more than visibility. Organizations increasingly invest in storytelling and narrative strategists to shape everything from brand voice to internal alignment.

YouTube is the top platform for watching creators across every demographic of US children, according to a February report from Precisify.

"I felt like that pseudonym gave me some freedom, like some permission to just be my authentic self."

Dilated pupils, high on camera and often alone. On TikTok, more and more young people are publicly filming their drug use. The videos reach millions, often under a single hashtag: #Pingtok. The trend reflects a new visibility of drug use on social media. What once happened behind closed doors is now filmed, aestheticized and shared publicly sometimes with life-threatening consequences, and often unnoticed by parents.

For today's young people, online content isn't a backdrop to daily life-it is daily life. Streaming platforms, short-form video, and social media don't just entertain; they influence how young people see themselves, their health, and what behaviors are seen as normal or aspirational. Movies, television, and streaming content still have influence, but as the digital ecosystem expands, so does its power to shape choices-for better and for worse.

This grief feels similar to what they would experience if their family member died, but in some cases, it feels even worse. Family estrangement has reached epidemic proportions. A 2022 survey found 29 percent of Americans are currently cut off from a parent, child, sibling, or grandparent, and a 2025 survey found 38 percent have experienced estrangement from a close family member at some point. These aren't just statistics. They're the tragic consequences of families ripped apart.

Opening arguments began this week in a landmark case, among the first in a tsunami of lawsuits over possible harm to children and adolescents caused by social media, video games and artificial intelligence. In the current case, a young woman alleges that she became addicted to social-media platforms as a child, causing the anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphia that she lives with today.