What have we done? First, we abandoned children to television, then to video games, and now to the internet and social media. If anyone doubts the harm done to children by the internet and social media, then Jonathan Haidt’s must-read book, “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of …
On the issue of kids, smartphones, and social media, a vibe shift is happening, and it’s happening on the left, right, and in the center. Here’s a survey of recent anti-phone discourse on the topic in politics and culture in recent weeks and months: The TikTok “ban” (don’t call it that) garnered bipartisan support in …
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer March 11, 2024, 12:03 PM ET • 3 min read Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or …
has revealed its latest mindfulness feature targeted at teens. When a younger user scrolls for more than 10 minutes in the likes of or their direct messages, the app will suggest that they close the app and get to bed. These “Nighttime Nudges” will automatically appear on teens’ accounts and it won’t be possible to …
Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built. Those same images have made it easier for AI systems to produce realistic and explicit imagery of …