How tech is stoking cycles of violence in US schools, with students using phones and social media to arrange, provoke, record, and spread school brawl videos
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/t... Mark Medley / @markmedley : Social media is exacerbating violence in schools to a shocking degree. Naomi Buck wrote about the issue in yesterday's @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ arti... Tim Wu / @superwuster : I know they may be hard to enforce but banning cellphones in high schools seems like beyond obvious atp — www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/t... Threads: Lulu Garcia-Navarro / @lulugnavarro : I've seen several of these fights on the streets of DC. Mainly young girls. And yes I've intervened. . https://www.nytimes.com/... X: Jonathan Haidt / @jonhaidt : Among the sickest manifestations of the phone-based childhood: increased school beatings, planned or instigated on social media. Students then crowd around the beating, not to help, but to get the best video. All schools should go phone free https://www.nytimes.com/... [image] Ryan Winkler / @_ryanwinkler : These fights are happening in MN schools too, sometimes including adults coming to school to participate. It's another good reason to keep phones out of students' hands for the school day. https://www.nytimes.com/... Forums: r/technology : An Epidemic of Vicious School Brawls, Fueled by Student Cellphones