Source: By 白井瑞樹 (自己撮影) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons In Colorado recently, a “ring” of hundreds of teens in high school and middle school were discovered to be sharing nude photos of each other. (Interesting language by the way, calling it a “ring” – like a drug ring, a crime ring or some other terrible thing,...Read More
When I was 15 years old, a girl I had never met dressed up as me for Halloween. She posted this picture on Facebook and it went viral in the community. People posted comments telling me to “die” and that my life “wasn’t worth anything.” The weirdest part was that I didn’t know any of...Read More
ST. PAUL — A DFL-proposed bill supporting student mental health and student safety is the latest to fail in a Minnesota House committee, after not earning enough votes on Thursday afternoon, April 16. It comes just days after a similar Republican-led school safety plan failed in the House. House Bill 4893, a DFL-led school safety...Read More
That must follow a serious effort by the EU to tackle illegal and harmful content on social media, he said, which hasn’t happened yet. “We haven’t remotely tried hard enough yet to ensure effective oversight of the platforms.” The human rights chief praised the EU’s digital laws as world-leading, including the Digital Services Act, which...Read More
For the latest survey data on social media and tech use among teens, see “Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025.” Explore the patterns and trends of teens’ experiences on different online platforms below. Which online platforms are most common among teens YouTube tops the list among teens, with nine-in-ten saying they use the platform. TikTok,...Read More
Dual jury verdicts this week have validated longstanding concerns about the dangers of social media for young people. But the U.S. lacks federal regulation that meaningfully addresses these harms. On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. A day earlier in New Mexico, a...Read More
Teens love social media, especially messaging each otherKritina Lee Knief/Getty Images Notably, Snapchat was what teens used most for posting and daily messaging. Instagram and TikTok would very much like to get in on Snapchat’s DM party. A new Pew report about teens and social media reveals something you probably could already guess: Parents are...Read More
Jimmy Kakanis surprised his Australian classroom with an unusual pop quiz. He posed a single yes-or-no question to his teenage students: Are you still using social media? In December, the Australian Parliament banned popular apps such as TikTok, X, and Instagram from hosting users under the age of 16. It was the first such law...Read More
If you haven’t seen the short video of a dancing ballerina with a human body and giant cappuccino cup for a head, consider yourself lucky. The nonsense meme is just one of countless pieces of AI-generated content that are flooding popular online platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, encouraged by the apps’ engagement-hungry algorithms...Read More
(InvestigateTV) — Reports of suspected child sex trafficking to a national tipline have increased nearly 1,000 percent following implementation of a federal law requiring online platforms to report suspected crimes, according to lawmakers and child safety advocates. The bipartisan REPORT Act requires certain online platforms to report suspected child sex trafficking and online enticement to...Read More
