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What The Meta Trials Reveal About How Instagram Actually Works

Internal Meta documents and Zuckerberg testimony reveal how Instagram makes decisions when child safety conflicts with growth.
Schools

What Kids Are Really Doing on Phones During School Hours

New JAMA study tracking 640 teens' actual phone use reveals students spend 70 minutes daily on devices during school hours (mostly social media) despite near-universal school policies banning phones.
AI & Safety

Children Are Treating AI Chatbots As Friends

31% of children aged 11-16 consider AI chatbots to be friends.
Gaming

Why Gaming Restrictions Face the Same Impossible Choices as Social Media

Read the final part of our series on the world of regulations.
News

Spotify Has Become a Social Platform

What you need to know
Social Media

How to Choose: Ban, Allow, or Regulate Social Media

Part 4 in our series Can Childhood Survive Social Media
Roblox

Australia Exempted Roblox From Social Media Ban. Now It’s Demanding Urgent Answers Over Child Grooming

Australia exempted Roblox from social media ban but now demands urgent meeting over reports of children as young as 4 being groomed despite age verification.
Social Media

Can We Regulate Social Media Platforms Into Being Safe For Children?

Part 3 in our series Can Childhood Survive Social Media
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EU Accuses TikTok of Addictive Design That Harms Children

EU accuses TikTok.

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Australia

Australia’s Social Media Ban Results – What’s Actually Working?

Australia closed 4.7 million accounts in two months. Platforms complied, alternative apps surged then declined, and legal challenges are proceeding.

Parenting

AI

The AI Users Parents May Not Know About

New data from Pew and Surgo Health reveals which teenagers are most reliant on AI — and why parents are underestimating it.

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