Jul 22, 2025
By Kerry Gallagher Last month, the American Psychological Association released a health advisory about the impact of artificial intelligence on adolescent mental health. Here are a few highlights from the report by topic: Simulated Human Relationships: “Adolescents...
Jul 10, 2025
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I traveled to Lillestrøm, Norway in late June for the annual United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Unlike many UN gatherings that primarily involve government officials, the IGF is a...
Jul 16, 2025
By Kerry Gallagher Teens need between 8 to 11 hours of sleep per night, and less than 2 in 10 teens report regularly getting that much. Their circadian rhythms shift to later hours in the teen years, meaning they aren’t tired until later in the evening and struggle to...
Jul 9, 2025
By Kerry GallagherAccording to new research on sextortion from Thorn, 1 in 5 kids ages 13-17 have already experienced it. Sextortion is threatening to expose sexual images of someone if they don’t yield to demands. Often this takes the form of financial sextortion....
Jun 28, 2025
By Larry Magid By a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, the United States Supreme Court voted to uphold a Texas law requiring users to verify their age before accessing websites that host material considered “sexually explicit” and “obscene to minors.” Texas argued the...
Jul 2, 2025
By Kerry GallagherLast week, the New York Times reported on a new study from Columbia University in which “Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely to have thoughts of suicide or to...
