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...
Rumors and body-shaming spread through a Vermont high school after students signed up for Fizz, an anonymous message board app for schools that has raised $40M+
An anonymous message board meant for school chatter quickly turned toxic in Vermont — An app lets high-schoolers post anonymously … Bluesky: @intelwire.bsky.social . X: @pwang , @jonhaidt , @wsj , a...
After nine months with Starlink, the Marubo, an Indigenous Amazon tribe, faces challenges like addiction and concerns about potential loss of cultural identity
it turns out, many of the same challenges that have racked Americans for years (teens glued to phones, gossip-filled group chats ...).https://www.nytimes.com/ ... Phillip Crenshaw / @pcmugwort1 : @Jon...
Researcher Sonia Livingstone says constraining tech companies and empowering young people and parents are better alternatives to banning kids from social media
Henry Mance / Financial Times : X: @soph_butch , @henrymance , @mollyroseorg , @henrymance , @cooksimon , @katebevan , @henrymance , @alecmuffett , @ciesiolkiewicz , @henrymance , and @livingstone_s ...
A look at the book The Anxious Generation, as some say author Jonathan Haidt falls short in showing that social media is causing a teen mental health crisis
Jonathan Haidt wrote a best-selling book about teens and social media. Not everyone buys its thesis — I.
A look at the costs of a smartphone-based childhood, as Gen Z struggles with poor mental health and lags behind previous generations on many important metrics
particularly onto social-media platforms designed for virality & addiction.” 👇 https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Jack Badelaire / @jbadelaire : I'm not a parent, but many of my friends are, and I've wo...
Social media weakened the social capital, strong institutions, and shared stories that bind democracies, especially after 2009 when virality began to intensify
I had plans for the week-end. Ambitious plans. I was going to do my taxes. Christie DeLuca / Analog : Is Social Media a Crack House? Jonathan Haidt / The Atlantic : Grand Hotel Abyss : Weekly Readi...