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Australia wants to ban kids under 16 from social media as world governments seek to crack down on the 'addictive' apps
Australia announced plans to ban children under 16 from accessing social media in an effort to curb…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Most adults agree: Ban phones in schools. But that's the easy part — social media is the harder question.
Nearly 70% of adults in a recent Pew survey said cellphones should be banned during class time. Tha…
Katie Notopoulos
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Instagram will force teenagers to have a private account, enable sleep mode after 10 PM
In a bid to offer parents more control over how their teenage children use social media, Meta-owned…
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Duolingo put its sarcastic teen chatbot to work on its earnings call
The language-learning company kicked off its latest earnings call with a sarcastic chatbot who talk…
Shubhangi Goel
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Australia has a plan to combat the iPad kid: set a national age limit for social media
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the exact age — and how it'll be enforced — hasn't been decide…
Geoff Weiss
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My teen daughter accidentally added a man looking for underage girls on Snapchat. Parenting a teen with social media is terrifying.
My teen befriended a man on Snapchat looking for underage girls. Raising kids with social media is …
Shannon Serpette
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Instagram has surged to a new high among US teens, new data reveals
Instagram usage is at a high among US teens, per Piper Sandler. But TikTok is still teens' favorite.
Sydney Bradley,Dan Whateley
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I tried a 'kid-safe' smartphone with no social media. I loved it but would change one thing.
Gabb makes kid-safe smartphones that have texting and music but no social media or internet. Parent…
Julia Pugachevsky
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Instagram is rolling out Teen Accounts by default. It's about time.
Instagram will turn on more restrictive settings by default for all users under 18. The "Teen Accou…
Katie Notopoulos
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Surgeon general: Social media should come with a warning label like cigarettes
In an op-ed for The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said social media was contributing to an "emer…
Geoff Weiss
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Social media isn't like cigarettes, and a warning label won't help much
A warning label for social media can't hurt, but it probably won't help much.
Katie Notopoulos
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Native teens are nearly 4 times as likely to commit suicide. Tribes suing Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat say social media addiction fuels the problem.
Two tribal nations brought lawsuits this week against social-media companies, saying they are worse…
Kelsey Vlamis
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SCOTUS airs grievances about the media during oral arguments on social media censorship case
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan spoke about their experiences dealing with the press durin…
Hannah Getahun
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A new retro Barbie flip phone aims to take smartphone-addicted teens back to simpler times
HMD has teamed up with Mattel to launch a Barbie phone with no internet or social media access but …
Nora Redmond
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4 ways to monitor your teen's cellphone if you're worried about their safety online, according to 2 parenting experts
For parents worried about their teens' tech usage, there are resources available. Parenting experts…
Cailey Griffin
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On social-media, Black women's content is monetized and appropriated without paying tribute to the creators
Many Black women who are influencers have found their social-media content is appropriated and mone…
Kara Alaimo
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Brain scans show teen girls aged 4 years faster than boys during COVID lockdowns. We asked the researcher what that means long-term.
A study found that teen girls' brains aged 4.2 years faster than average during the pandemic. They …
Julia Pugachevsky
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Trump says his teen son Barron told him he needed to go on streamer Adin Ross' show
Donald Trump said that his son said Ross was "really big" and he was a fan of the streamer. This wa…
Aditi Bharade
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Emily Oster says parents should be focused on raising independent children. Her kids walk alone to school and don't have social media.
Oster says parents should be focusing on raising independent kids. Both her kids walk to school alo…
Kelly Burch
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These parents wouldn't let their teens have phones. Here's what happened.
Teens whose parents wouldn't let them have a phone report they're alive and (mostly) well.