The first of several trials that seek to hold social media companies responsible for harm caused to children has gotten underway in California. The case accuses corporate giants Meta and YouTube of intentionally engineering their products to make children become addicted. Virginia Tech social media expert Megan Duncan and political communications expert Cayce Myers discussed...Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Healthy Heroes Day returned to Gainesville, and UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital brought together local organizations to share child safety tips with families. Nearly into its 15th year, the event partnered with groups including Safe Kids North Central Florida and the Children’s Trust of Alachua County to offer hands-on demonstrations and...Read More
Mickey Madden left Maroon 5 in 2020 (Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) The wife of former Maroon 5 bassist Mickey Madden has filed for divorce from the musician, following an allegation that he physically attacked her when she confronted him about ‘sexting with teenage girls’. Catherine Blair Bowman filed for divorce from Madden, 46, on...Read More
An internal research study at Meta dubbed “Project MYST” created in partnership with the University of Chicago, found that parental supervision and controls — such as time limits and restricted access — had little impact on kids’ compulsive use of social media. The study also found that kids who experienced stressful life events were more...Read More
Social media bans for preteens and children are a craze sweeping the world. Indonesia is the latest to join the wave, as it has begun enforcing a sweeping ban on social media use for children under 16, instantly turning the world’s most digitally connected countries into a testbed for how far governments are willing to...Read More
On the surface, everything looks normal.A teenager has an Instagram account. Parents follow it. Posts are visible. Stories are shared.It feels like access.But in many cases, that’s only half the picture.Behind that account, there is often another one. Smaller. Private. Sometimes under a different name. Sometimes just a restricted “Close Friends” list.And that is where...Read More
Photo: MauriceNorbert/Depositphotos More and more countries around the world are taking a stand against the harm inflicted by social media, particularly the way it affects the youngest members of society. Following landmark regulations in Australia and Denmark, Austria is now looking to ban social media for children under 14, citing issues of safety—from cyberbullying and...Read More
NEW YORK, 4 September 2019 – One in three young people in 30 countries said they have been a victim of online bullying, with one in five reporting having skipped school due to cyberbullying and violence, in a new poll released today by UNICEF and the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Violence...Read More
A school’s decision to heavily restrict the amount and types of images it shares of its students due to concerns around image manipulation has been praised by a criminologist. The Brisbane independent school’s social media still shows images of its students, but students have either been photographed as a side profile, in a large group,...Read More
