The secret to finding true joy online? Embracing your most cringeworthy self

Ditching perfectly filtered selfies and carefully curated memes for posts that show our real, messy selves might feel embarrassing, but it’s good for us, writes Ione Gamble

‘Phones are like a scab we know we shouldn’t pick’: the truth about social media and anxiety

Although connecting with friends online has positive benefits for mental health, overdoing screen time can lead to a catastrophic emotional crash

And now for a song about the clitoris! The joy of sex education

With gags, tunes and dance, The Family Sex Show is here to celebrate sexual pleasure, equality and independence. What is there to be embarrassed about, asks theatre-maker Josie Dale-Jones

‘Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs

‘Misleading’ messages from $55bn-a-year industry are ‘unethical’, says report, which calls for plain packaging rules similar to tobacco

Panting, moaning and ‘pussy-gazing’: the couple who have sex on their podcast

Lacey Haynes and Flynn Talbot want to improve the world’s love life – starting by doing it live on air in every episode

Goop’s sex therapist on her radical approach to sexual pleasure

Avila’s work, illegal in every US state except California, helps her clients ‘experience genuine arousal, desire and pleasure’

‘I might delete it’: Facebook’s problem with younger users

According to leaked research, the firm has found engagement among a key demographic is in decline

As a whistleblower prepares to speak out, what can be done to rein in Facebook?

Pressure grows on social network after US senators challenge Instagram over impact of app on children’s mental health

Facebook pauses work on Instagram Kids after teen mental health concerns

Move follows WSJ revelations that Facebook-commissioned research showed Instagram could affect girls’ mental health

Constant craving: how digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts

According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency, asks Jamie Waters