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Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from 'AI slop' videosAdvocacy groups and experts are condemning YouTube for serving low-quality AI-generated videos to children, warning of developmental harm. ...
UK, France mull social media bans for youth as debate ragesCountries including France and Britain are considering following Australia's lead by banning children and some teenagers from using social ...
UK, France weighs ban on social media for youth as debate ragesFrance and Britain are exploring bans on social media for children, following Australia's lead. Experts debate the impact on youth mental h...
Australian leader defends social media ban as teens flaunt workaroundsAustralian PM Anthony Albanese defended the new under-16 social media ban as a lifesaving measure despite initial challenges and teen defia...
Can college students stand to ditch their phones for an hour or so?Frustrated by pervasive phone use among peers, former UCF student Seán Killingsworth launched the Reconnect Movement. This initiative creat...
Teens are turning to AI for friendship: New report warns parents to step in before it’s too late, suggests what they can doA new Common Sense Media report reveals 72% of U.S. teens have used AI companions, with 13% chatting daily. While many use them for curiosi...
NYU psychologist warns early tech use is shattering kids’ focus, suggests what parents can doIn a candid podcast conversation, NYU psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns that constant tech exposure is fragmenting children's attention spa...
The "disgusting" UK royal wedding scandal that forced Lady Frederick Windsor to speak out after 16 yearsLady Frederick Windsor, known as Sophie Winkleman, humorously recounts her royal wedding day, admitting her hair was a "disgusting" disaste...
Barack Obama’s 2024 must-watch movies, top songs include 'Dune: Part two' and Kendrick Lamar. See full listIndian filmmaker Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light has topped former US President Barack Obama's list of recommended films for the ye...
Australian social media ban started with call to act by politican's wifeEven a 2023 recommendation by the U.S. surgeon general to put health warnings on social media, blaming it for what he called a teenage ment...
Australian social media ban started with call to act by politician's wifeAustralia has passed a national ban on social media for youths under 16. This move aims to address teenage mental health issues. The legisl...
Screensaver adviceAndrew Huberman's podcast episode featured Jonathan Haidt discussing the negative effects of smartphones and social media on children's dev...
US billionaire eyes TikTok takeover to save internet from Big TechFrank McCourt, a US real estate billionaire, aims to buy TikTok to rescue the internet from the clutches of major platforms that he firmly ...
Social media bans distract from real issueGovernments in Australia are considering social media bans for children under 14 or 16, supported by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. They ...
Needed urgently: Collective action to tackle teen mental health crisis linked to smartphone useSocial psychologist Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation" examines the alarming rise in adolescent mental health issues, attributing mu...
Bill Gates Reveals The Best Kind Of Investment in the 21st Century, Know NowOne of the world’s richest businessmen, Bill Gates reveals the best investment in the 21st century to make the best of things and lead the ...
Group godsLike the human animal, morality is, therefore, said to be 'groupish'. This entails the subsuming of self-interest for the greater good of t...
Subtle schism'Me-mine' is the way of the narrow-minded; but to the really broad-minded, the whole world is a family(Vishwa-Kutumbakam)!
Perma ColaIn an NYTinterview, Martin Seligman was alluding to the idea of films as an uplifting drug, something that Karl Marx had earlier extended t...
Nirvana shattersIn 1884, a British schoolmaster wrote a book called Flatland, a romance in many dimensions. The author coyly called himself 'a square' but ...