LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said his ministers “need to look at” social media design features like infinite scroll in a bid to encourage healthier habits for children online.

Social media addiction has been compared to addiction to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there is some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social ...

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Doomscrolling was ruining my life. Since the pandemic, I spent much of my free time scrolling online. And the more stressful the news was, the more addicted I got. In August 2025, I noticed I was ...

In 2020, The Oxford English Dictionary added the word “doomscrolling”. It was defined as compulsively scrolling through social media or feeds which relate bad news. The term has broadened since then to ...