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☆ A new Netflix docuseries unravels what it calls a ‘cult’ for TikTok dancers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Over two years ago, a 40-minute-long public plea made on Instagram Live rippled across social media. Melanie and Miranda had performed together as the Wilking Sisters, but the family said Derrick had disappeared from their lives. Until then, it’s unlikely that Derrick’s millions of followers would have noticed anything amiss, based on her social media accounts. Melanie Wilking and Miranda Derrick (formerly Wilking) built up a following together on social media platforms including YouTube and TikTok as the Wilking Sisters. They have maintained through social media posts that Miranda's issues with her family are a personal dispute.

Persons: Melanie Wilking, Miranda —, Miranda Derrick —, Melanie, Miranda, Derrick, James Derrick, Ellen DeGeneres, Miranda Derrick, James " BDash, Robert Shinn —, Kevin “ Konkrete ” Davis, BDash, Aubrey Fisher, Kylie Douglas, Davis, Fisher, Douglas, Instagram, Shinn, —, Isaiah Shinn, ”, Hannah, “, Derek Doneen, we’d, Priscylla Lee, Priscylla, Leigh, Melanie Lee, Jessica Acevedo, — Priscylla, Lee, ” BDash, it’s, Robert, Hannah Shinn, James, Matt Winkelmeyer, ” Shinn “, ” Doneen, you’re, God ”, Amy Carlson, Max, God, LHW, Jane Schoenbrun, Caleb Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Netflix, 7M Films, 7M, Internet, Shekinah Church, The Recording, Warner Bros ., Blair, The New York Times Locations: Los Angeles, TikTok, Shekinah, Korean

Here are some tips on staying safe, communicating and setting limits on social media — for kids as well as their parents. “There is not necessarily a magical age,” said Christine Elgersma, a social media expert at the nonprofit Common Sense Media. Some tech executives, celebrities such as Jennifer Garner and parents from all walks of life have resorted to banning their kids from social media altogether. Watch a documentary like “The Social Dilemma” that explores algorithms, dark patterns and dopamine feedback cycles of social media. Social media platforms that cater to children have added an ever-growing array of parental controls as they face increasing scrutiny over child safety.

Persons: it’s, —, ’, ”, Christine Elgersma, Elgersma, Jennifer Garner, Jean Rogers, “ That’s, ” Rogers, Rogers, “, Meta, Instagram, Vivek Murthy Organizations: Republican, Democratic, IF, LAW, Companies, “, Facebook, U.S

☆ Teachers are on the front lines of a battle to change how teens use social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Each school year, the 10th graders in her class at Scarsdale High School in New York watch “The Social Dilemma,” a 2020 documentary about the harms of social media. Ron DeSantis signed an education bill that prohibits students from accessing certain social media platforms on school Wi-Fi and requires instruction on the negative impacts of social media. These efforts come amid heightened bipartisan pressure from lawmakers for social media companies to do more to protect their youngest users. Teachers openly remind students how their social media history lives on and how it can be perceived among colleges and employers, English said. “Many students don’t even understand most of these dangers,” said Marc Berkman, director of The Organization for Social Media Safety.

Persons: hasn’t, Jennifer Rosenzweig, ”, Rosenzweig, “, ” Rosenzweig, Vivek Murthy’s, ” Jennifer Rosenzweig, Ron DeSantis, Chris English, sexting, don’t, Marc Berkman, Devorah Heitner, “ Screenwise, ’, Berkman, he’s, it’s, Gillian Feldman, ” Feldman, Sabine Polack, Polack Organizations: CNN, Scarsdale High School, Florida Gov, Roycemore, Teachers, Social Media Safety, The Organization, Brawerman Elementary School, Organization of Social Media Safety, Scarsdale, Scarsdale High, Scarsdale School District Locations: New York, Florida, Evanston , Illinois, Los Angeles, Scarsdale

☆ Facebook whistleblower, former defense and intel officials form group to fix social media
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A Facebook whistleblower, two former U.S. defense secretaries, several past lawmakers and intelligence chiefs are forming a new group to address the harmful impacts social media can have on kids, communities and national security. The council said it aims to drive bipartisan conversation around tech in Washington, D.C., and across the country, elevate nonpartisan voices like parents and pediatricians, and advance effective solutions to reform social media. Haugen said the issues stemming from social media are truly bipartisan in nature, which could be made more clear by avoiding framing them as issues of content moderation. Many conservatives are skeptical of content moderation because they believe platforms can use it to censor certain viewpoints, though mainstream platforms have repeatedly denied they do so. Haugen said she sees content moderation as largely a "distraction from the real path forward, which is around product design, safety by design, transparency."

☆ (podcast) Doi moldoveni au făcut parte din echipa care a produs pentru Netflix filmul „The Social Dilemma”. Lidia Scarlat: „Am produs o animație, este la începutul filmului”
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

(podcast) Doi moldoveni au făcut parte din echipa care a produs pentru Netflix filmul „The Social Dilemma”. Lidia Scarlat: „Am produs o animație, este la începutul filmului”Cel mai popular documentar al momentului de pe Netflix, The Social Dilemma, a făcut valuri din primele momente ale lansării. Lidia Scarlat, care este expertă în servicii creative, alături de ilustratorul Maxim Maevschi, au creat o scenă iconică pentru film. Eu am intrat în acest proces în calitate de producătoare, aveam grijă ca totul să fie livrat la timp, conform calității și în buget. Ascultați mai jos rezumatul podcast-ului „Mai departe” cu Artur Gurău, unde invitată este Lidia Scarlat.

Persons: Lidia Scarlat, Maxim Maevschi, Artur Gurău, Lidia, Tristan Harris Organizations: Google, Facebook, Ediția, Netflix, The Social Dilemma, Google, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram Locations: Moldova, Colorado, SUA

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