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Emma Lembke has teamed up with Brown University sophomore Aliza Kopans to found Tech(nically) Politics, a youth lobbying and advocacy group that pushes for social media regulation. Read the article here.
The dangers of the Internet are real. Read the article here.
Molly’s story shines a powerful light on what more parents and teens are dealing with than you probably know. Read the article here.
In “Who’s Raising the Kids?” Susan Linn’s searing indictment of corporate greed, tech companies targeting children are rivaled only by the lawmakers who let them get away with it. Read the book review here.
The majority of apps preschool-aged children use are designed to make money off their digital experiences, a new study suggests. Read the article here.
Despite repeated warnings that Facebook Marketplace allows the sale of recalled products that have killed children, the platform’s parent company, Meta, has still failed to prevent such items from being available on its site. Read the article here.
How could the older and wiser ignore the dangers of adolescents’ reading fewer books and logging more screen hours? Read the article here.
Google introduced a tool Wednesday to give minors more control of self-images that appear in search queries, allowing those under 18 to request removal. Read the article here.
In Facebook’s own internal research, one-third of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse. Read the article here.