Antisocial media: California imposes limits on teen screen time — but will they work?

IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND 12 months marked by many changes in politics, pop culture, tech and what some have referred to as a “brain-rotted” social media landscape.

In 2024, the Oxford University Press chose “brain rot” as its word of the year, referring to the decline of a person’s intellectual state from overconsumption of online content. The idea carried into 2025, when Dictionary.com named “67” its word of the year, reflecting a recently popularized trend on social media.