Younger children who use social media heavily get worse grades, study finds

Being on social media from an early age is linked to weaker performances in Italian and maths, yet the same cannot be said for English, the study finds.

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The Department of Homeland Security has allegedly sent ‘hundreds’ of subpoenas to social media companies about users’ posts

Malaria killed an estimated 579,000 people in Africa in 2024, about three-quarters of them children under five.

Early social media use among children linked to lower grades  The Times

Australia's internet regulator revealed in a recent study that teenagers are continuing to use social media despite ban.

Pupils who open accounts aged 11 to 12 score lower in some subjects than those who wait a few years, study finds Children who open social media accounts at the start of secondary school appear to perform worse in tests than those who delay, with researchers suspecting that the constant checking for updates is a major d

Adolescents who open social media accounts at an earlier age tend to perform worse on native-language and mathematics tests in subsequent years, as per an Italian study highlighting the negative impact of early use of these platforms.

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