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A 'Goldilocks' Effect for Online Teens? Moderate Social Media Users Fare Better Than Abstainers or Heavy Users

“Both abstinence and excessive use can be problematic,” researchers suggest.

Reason

We 'want to encourage other people in our generation to be the types of people who do not even want to have an AI friend': Appstinence founder on the fight to help people step back from tech and reconnect with real life

Appstinence Founder Gabriela Nguyen on how the organization is helping people disconnect from addictive apps, platforms, and technologies, and why AI is the fight's next front.

TechRadar

Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s

Exclusive: Health secretary issues invitation in push for UK to consider copying landmark restrictions in Australia

The Guardian - UK

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The great cellphone purge in schools — something both sides of the aisle can agree on

IN FOCUS: Educators and state legislators across the nation are pushing to banish smartphones from the classroom as evidence mounts that compulsive tech use is harming young people, reports Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have Spoken Out About Being ‘Present’ for Their Children

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Harry and Meghan ‘proud’ of work looking at dangers of social media for children

The Duke of Sussex has long campaigned to raise awareness about the harms of social media.

Evening Standard

Study: Short-Form Video Isn't Rotting Your Brain

A recent meta-analysis concerning short-form video, mental health, and attention spawned a lot of tech panic. Did critics even read the study?

Reason

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Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt wonders why AI companies don't have to 'follow any laws'

Gordon-Levitt said that without establishing the principle that a person’s digital work belongs to them, the industry is heading down a “pretty dystopian road.”

Fortune

Australia 'Bans Social Media for Teens Under 16': A World First Sparks Global Shock

Australia has announced plans to bar under-16s from using social media platforms, a world-first move that has triggered global shock. The proposal follows mounting concern about online harm and child safety.

International Business Times UK

Survey: 91 Percent of College Students Think 'Words Can Be Violence.' That Could Feed Real Violence.

But there's a silver lining—sort of.

Reason

A US psychologist prescribed a social media ban for kids. How did Australia become the test subject?

From nascent policy idea in one state to passing federal parliament in just days, it has been a whirlwind journey for the world-first legislation that will take effect from 10 December

The Guardian - AU

Australia wants to end the era of kids on social media with international ban hailed as ‘first domino’ in global movement

If Meta, Google, and others can’t figure out how to block accounts of users under 16 years old, they’ll be fined $33 million per breach.

Fortune

Friendslop Is The Biggest Gaming Trend in 2025 — And It’s Just Getting Started

2025 is the year gaming embraced friendslop. From new games like R.E.P.O and Peak to the friendslop-ification of Fortnite & GTA, it's just getting started.

Inverse

Disney Star Calum Worthy Underfire For 'Sick' AI App That Creates Avatars of the Departed

Calum Worthy promotes 2wai's video chat app on X, but it garnered harsh response from the users who disapproved of the AI-generated avatar of the deceased.

International Business Times UK

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Gen Z’s brains are ‘growing around their phones’ the way a tree warps around a tombstone, ‘Anxious Generation’ author warns

Speaking at a Dartmouth symposium on mental health, NYU professor Jonathan Haidt discussed his research on “the great rewiring.”

Reason

Oklahoma's Obscenity Bait and Switch Could Ban Pride Parades and Public Drag Shows

These lawmakers expect local authorities to ban "obscenity" before it happens—a recipe for chilling a wide variety of legal speech.

The Conversation

As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era?

A wave of proposed social media bans for young people has swept the globe recently, fuelled by mounting concern about the apparent harm the likes of TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat can cause to vulnerable minds.

Fortune

This chief people officer is leading ‘Gen Z training’ for managers at her $1.5 billion startup. Both sides have a lot to learn

Rebecca Adams, chief people officer of Cohesity, said Gen Z colleagues "share everything, which I admire," but sometimes "it also is mindboggling."

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Reason

Jonathan Haidt: Kids Should Put Down the Phones and Take More Risks

"We're too afraid they'll get abducted," says the author of The Anxious Generation. "That sets kids up to be weaker."

The Conversation

School smartphone bans reflect growing concern over youth mental health and academic performance

The number of states banning smartphones in schools is growing.

The Independent UK

Michelle Obama reveals the parenting method she and Barack clashed over

The former first lady admitted on her podcast that she and Barack implemented the Ferber method

The Guardian - US

The mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities

For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault

The Guardian - UK

‘No smartphones before 14; no social media until 16’: The Anxious Generation author on how to fight back against big tech

One year on, Jonathan Haidt talks about the way his book changed the global conversation around children and digital devices – and explains how he handles his own teenagers

Fortune

Parent groups are hosting 'Alternative Device Fairs' that showcase 'dumb' phones with limited features

The fairs, where “dumb” or restricted phones are exhibited to parents, have been popping up around the U.S.

The Conversation

10 reasons why banning social media for New Zealanders under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too

Government coalition partners National and Act are at odds over proposed restrictions on social media use by New Zealanders aged 16 and under.

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