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Anxiety, Social Media, and the News
“The more we seek certainty over what will happen in the future, the more anxious we will feel.”
ReThink Founder on How App Promotes Kindness & Decency
Rethink founder Trisha Prabhu is on a mission to help cultivate the next generation of responsible digital citizens.
Battening Down your Facebook Hatches
Controlling who can see your friends list is only one of many optional privacy settings.
Why Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning Label is a Bad Idea
The Surgeon General called for a warning label on social media platforms, but it’s not a good idea
China Ownership Grabs Headlines, but TikTok has Reasonable Teen Safety Policies
President Biden signed a law requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok within a year or face a U.S. ban.
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TikTok Adds Parental Controls and Disables Direct Messaging for Users Under 16
TikTok, the popular app that allows users to share short (typically 15 second) videos announced Family Pairing to give parents greater control over their teen’s safety setting.
Combating Domestic Violence While Sheltering at Home
Larry Magid and Kerry Gallagher speak with Rachel Gibson of the National Network to End Domestic Violence about how sheltering at home can affect domestic violence survivors and what survivors and supporters can do.
Resources for Coping, Learning, and Shopping While Stuck Home
There is never a good time for a pandemic, but the silver lining on this very dark cloud is that it’s happening at a...
Tech Tools to Engage your Family in Fun or Educational Activities
There are plenty of tools out there to keep every member of the family engaged during this period when many of us are...
TikTok to Give Parents More Control Over Teen Accounts
TikTok is adding a Family Safety Mode to give parents more control over their teen’s account
Research Finds Teens May Not Be Suffering From Too Much Tech use
One of the most important observations of the study is that “Policies restricting adolescents’ access to new technologies … may be ill advised
Parent’s and Educator’s Guide to Combatting Hate Speech
Protecting children and fostering respectful online communication.
Overall Increase in Cyberbullying — Girls 3 Times More Likely To Be Cyberbullied Than Boys
The National Center for Educational Statistics is out with its 2016 to 2017 report on bullying at school. Overall, the bullying rate hasn’t changed much from 2014 to 2015.
FaceApp Requires Caution, Not Fear
There are four lessons when it comes to FaceApp. Read on for advice about staying safe on the popular app.
Teens and Social Media — It’s a Mixed Bag
The recent school shooting in Florida and the example of the remarkable teens who are responding through activism have caused me to revisit an Atlantic article from September 2017 by San Diego state psychology professor Jean Twenge, whose title asks “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” The article went on to pretty much say “yes.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s 2018 Challenge: Fix Facebook’s Important Issues
Every year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes on a challenge. One year it was to learn Mandarin. Another it was to...
Educator’s Guide to Social Media
Teach students to think before posting, be kind, and evaluate sources.
Internet Governance Forum tackles fake news, artificial intelligence and blockchain
For the past 12 years, the United Nations has sponsored the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a “multi-stakeholder” event that brings together people from governments around the world along with tech executives, nonprofits and academics.
What parents need to know about Facebook Messenger Kids
Messenger Kids, announced Monday, isn’t exactly an education app, but it’s tailored to give kids 6 to 12 the ability to engage in conversations as well as exchange messages, videos and images with parent-approved friends and family.
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