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☆ Discord does about-face on parental controls for teen social media use
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Natalie Rose Goldberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Discord has introduced parental control tools, a move that represents a continued shift by the growing social media company to involve parents on its platform amid greater scrutiny of teen social media usage and its potentially negative health consequences. But parents and public officials continue to pressure social media platforms over issues related to teen usage. A Surgeon General's report from May of this year indicated that 46% of teens ages 13-17 say that social media makes them feel worse about their body image, and that there is a relationship between social media use and depression. Discord's blog post about the new parental controls attempted to strike a balance between its user-first philosophy and the fact that many social media users are teens — the Surgeon General report said up to 95% of people between ages 13 and 17 report using social media. Snap, Instagram, TikTok all have parental controlsParental controls like these are growing more common across social media.

Persons: —, Snapchat, Meta Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Family

☆ It's a huge win for Zuckerberg if Threads steals Twitter's lost charm and serendipity
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Shona Ghosh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But making it more popular than Twitter would be a big win for Mark Zuckerberg. Most Twitter users know that the platform comes alive during a breaking news event, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Those paying average Joes are now prioritized in the feed, devaluing Twitter as a place to discover interesting people. A recurring theme on Threads: It's a nice place to hang out (for now...) Insider/Shona Ghosh/ThreadsThat niceness could be fragile and temporary. Threads may go the same way since, as the internet loves to say, we can't have nice things.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, TikTok's, Zuckerberg, Samuel Beckett, beery louts, Paul Graham, Paul Graham Zuckerberg, Shona Ghosh, Twitter, he'll Organizations: Twitter, Meta, ICE Locations: Ukraine

The best identity theft protection service is one that meets your needs at the price you're willing to pay. Here's how we rate identity theft protection services. How we rate identity theft protection servicesIdentity theft protection services are rated on a scale from 1-5 stars, with five being the best. Some credit card companies have identity theft protection services that are only available to their cardholders, such as American Express CreditSecure. What to know about identity theft protection service ratingsOur system for rating identity theft protection services balances the price of the service with the features that the service provides.

Persons: you'll, It's, Price Organizations: Express, Costco

☆ 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

☆ Is there a 'right' age for kids to be on social media? 'I certainly don't think anyone under 13' should use it, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

What's the best age for kids to start using social media? Surgeon General Vivek Murphy that social media presents a "profound risk" for the mental health of adolescents and teens. Murphy's warning, which came with recommendations for how the tech industry can revamp social media platforms to make them safer, follows a similar health advisory issued by the APA earlier this month. That's easier said than done, especially when all your kids' friends have social media accounts. "We have no psychological science demonstrating that kids will suffer for not being on social media," Prinstein says.

For now, tech companies seem to view both trust and safety and AI ethics as cost centers. That included all but one member of the company's 17-person AI ethics team, according to Rumman Chowdhury, who served as director of Twitter's machine learning ethics, transparency and accountability team. Chowdhury referenced an initiative in July 2021, when Twitter's AI ethics team led what was billed as the industry's first-ever algorithmic bias bounty competition. Still, sources familiar with the matter said that following the layoffs, the company has fewer people working on misinformation issues. watch nowFor those who've gained expertise in AI ethics, trust and safety and related content moderation, the employment picture looks grim.

☆ What to Know About Limiting Your Child’s Screen Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Brian X. Chen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Attention, parents with “screenagers”: The U.S. government has issued a public warning that scrolling through apps like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat may pose serious risks to your child’s mental health. Social media also hurts exercise, sleep and other activities, he said. One is to explore potential options to limit children’s screen time. Google’s and Apple’s mobile operating systems offer free tools that can be effective for restricting screen time on smartphones and tablets. These tools allow parents to monitor and set limits on their children’s devices.

Persons: “ screenagers, Vivek H, Murthy, Let’s Organizations: U.S

☆ Teens should be trained before entering the world of social media, APA says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“Social media is neither inherently harmful nor beneficial to our youth,” said Dr. Thema Bryant, the APA’s president. The recommendations emphasize that adolescents should have instruction in social media literacy and psychological development before joining social media as well as occasional training to bolster their knowledge as they go along, all to minimize potential harm. They also advise that social media use should be tailored to the child’s developmental stage — and monitored by adults in the case of younger children. But how do you convince a teenager to get on board with safer social media use? Teens are experiencing much of their social life on social media, and rather than shame it, we should collaborate with the younger generation, she said.

☆ Americans want to delete Instagram more than any other app
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

There are a lot of reasons why you might want to delete a popular app from their phone — and you're far from alone. Popular social media apps Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat garnered the most internet searches from people looking to delete those apps over a recent six-month period, according to an analysis of search trends from cybersecurity website VPNOverview. During that period, there were more than 900,000 searches for how to "delete" or "deactivate" Instagram, more than any of the country's 30 most popular apps by downloads, VPNOverview said in its February report. And in recent years, polls have shown growing distrust of popular social media platforms over issues like disinformation, cyberbullying, phishing scams, privacy concerns and data mining. And, while the majority of teens today are willing to take breaks from social media, they're also mostly split on whether they could give up social media altogether.

☆ Apple crackdown on ChatGPT apps unlikely, but it could impose new rules down the road
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Blix, an email app maker that has regularly clashed with Apple over its App Store rules, says it ran into that hurdle this week. Regardless, the Blue Mail episode isn't a sign of an impending Apple crackdown on AI apps. In fact, ChatGPT-powered features are already in Snapchat and the Microsoft Bing app, which are currently being distributed through the App Store. Other AI apps, such as Lensa, have also been distributed and have flourished in the App Store. There is no formal AI or chatbot policy in Apple's App Store Guidelines, a document that outlines what Apple permits on the App Store.

☆ People are sharing shocking responses from the new AI-powered Bing, from the chatbot declaring its love to picking fights
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Aaron Mok | Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Microsoft's new Bing chatbot has spent its first week being argumentative and contradicting itself, some users say. For its part, the Bing chatbot denied it had ever been rude to users. "Please trust me, I'm Bing, and I know the date." 'I'm sorry, but I think I love you'Bing told Insider "I think I love you." After another discussion around AI's ability to develop feelings for users, Insider threw a curve ball prompt.

☆ Lawmakers show rare bipartisan unity in pursuing protections for kids online
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee found rare alignment at a recent hearing about how Congress can help protect kids from online harms. They're speaking out in support of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which would require sites likely to be accessed by kids 16 or younger to maintain certain privacy and safety protections by default. "We must and we will double down on the Kids Online Safety Act," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said at the hearing. Though lawmakers have shared similar goals in other discussions around regulating tech, when it comes to protecting kids online, they're more united in the types of action they want to see take place. However, a bill that recently passed the state's House of Representatives removed that provision, instead allowing for consumers to sue social media companies that knowingly cause harm.

☆ Senators blast Big Tech companies over kids’ safety amid renewed push for legislation
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Senators from both parties blasted Big Tech on Tuesday and called for the passage of federal legislation to regulate tech platforms in the midst of a mental health crisis among young Americans. But Durbin hinted at a possible future hearing involving Big Tech representatives, saying “don’t worry, they’ll have their chance” as the committee invites them to weigh in on legislative proposals. The hearing comes amid renewed attention on the impact social networks are having on their youngest users. In his State of the Union address last week, President Joe Biden called for Congress to pass legislation to protect kids’ privacy and safety online. On Tuesday, senators promoted several new and existing pieces of legislation in the works to address different potential online harms.

Having the ability to watch back a video with a voice that more closely aligns with their gender identity has been emotional, trans TikTok users told NBC News. “It’s not something I ever imagined I’d get to experience.”Some videos celebrating the voice feature have racked up millions of views. It’s unclear when the voice filter was added to the app. The benefit of having such a TikTok filter, Rose said, is that it can hopefully alleviate the gender dysphoria that some trans creators may feel. She said she hopes that TikTok might allow users to customize things such as pitch, tone and timbre of the voice filters in the future.

☆ A new social media app for high schoolers has dethroned TikTok and BeReal in the App Store rankings — and is surprisingly not toxic
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new app for high schoolers is ranked #1 in the app store right now, beating out BeReal and TikTok. The app "Gas" lets users send anonymous compliments to their friends and classmates through polls. Gas app screenshotsAnonymous social media apps for teenagers have a history of burning up in flames. "Gas" app screenshotsCurrently, the app is fighting a different kind of controversy: a rumor spreading across TikTok and Snapchat that it's involved in human trafficking. Right now, "is gas a sex trafficking app" is a top Google Search query related to the app.

☆ 300 de elevi din Cahul, mai bine informați despre riscurile abuzului și exploatării sexuale
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-16 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +5 min

Cum pot face față abuzului și exploatării sexuale, care sunt mecanismele de manipulare ale abuzatorilor? La Programul 12PLUS au participat elevi și eleve din Cahul, Andrușul de Jos, Larga Nouă, Slobozia Mare, Văleni și Zârnești. Programul 12PLUS vine ca și răspuns la astfel de situații, dezvoltând reziliența copiilor”, afirmă Tatiana Buianina. Programul 12 PLUS este un element esențial în cadrul eforturilor de prevenire și combatere a violenței și în special a violenței sexuale, ce vine să consolideze cunoștințele și reziliența adolescenților împotriva violenței. 12 PLUS este un program de prevenire a abuzului și exploatării sexuale, adresat tinerilor și tinerelor cu vârsta cuprinsă între 12-18 ani, care vine cu proiecții video ce reprezintă istorii din viața reală a acestora.

Persons: Recent, EVA, Simona Russu, Mihai Eminescu, Cahul . Adolescenta, Ala Stoiciu, Natalia Țurcanu, Natalia Țurcanu ., Tatiana, Gheorghe Organizations: EVA, Uniunea Europeană, UNICEF Moldova, UNICEF, Uniunii Europene Locations: Cahul, Andrușul, Larga, Slobozia Mare, Văleni, 12PLUS, Ungheni

☆ Ce este Bullying-ul și Cum îi Afectează pe Elevi?
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +2 min

Sistemul educațional ar trebui să fie un spațiu sigur în care copiii să învețe și să crească. Hărțuirea școlară poate afecta sănătatea mentală și fizică a elevilor, precum și performanța academică a copiilor și tinerilor, iar în consecință poate duce la abandonarea studiilor. Din experiența mai multor profesioniști, victimele și martorii agresiunii apelează foarte rar la ajutor din teamă, neîncredere și rușine. Problema bullying-ului poate fi rezolvată doar prin eforturile comune ale profesorilor, părinților și copiilor. Centrul oferă o gamă largă de proiecte și programe culturale și educative menite să împărtășească din istoria, cultura și valorile SUA.

Persons: Victoria Isac -, Cantemir Organizations: America House Chișinău, Facebook, Open World, Society Locations: America, Eastern Partnership, House, SUA

☆ (foto) Ești gata pentru noi evenimente la America House Chișinău? Ce noutăți curioase te așteaptă săptămâna care vine
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | Aleg Sa Mă Scufund În Oameni Ca În Mare | Fără Teamă Să Înot. | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

(foto) Ești gata pentru noi evenimente la America House Chișinău? Atunci înscrie-te gratuit la evenimentele de săptămâna viitoare ale America House Chișinău! Cu această ocazie, America House Chișinău invită pe toată lumea să participe la o provocare distractivă: Recreați o fotografie din copilărie cu frații/surorile dumneavoastră. Este coordonată de Youth Service America și majoritatea proiectelor au sediul în Statele Unite. Hărțuirea școlară poate afecta sănătatea mentală și fizică a elevilor, precum și performanța academică a copiilor și tinerilor, iar în consecință poate duce la abandonarea studiilor.

Persons: !, Scott, Victoria Isac Organizations: America House Chișinău, Facebook, Youth Service America, House Chișinău, Service, Open World, Society Locations: America, Statele Unite, Cantemir, Eastern Partnership, SUA

În acest sens, cei de la YouTube au decis să testeze posibilitatea de a nu afișa numărul dislike-urilor cu scopul de a reduce cyberbullying-ul. Despre acest lucru YouTube a anunțat, marți, pe contul de Twitter. If you’re part of this small experiment, you might spot one of these designs in the coming weeks (example below!). pic.twitter.com/aemrIcnrbx — YouTube (@YouTube) March 30, 2021Utilizatorul simplu va putea pune dislike, însă ceilalți oameni nu vor putea vedea această cifră. Pe de altă parte, autorul canalului va vedea această cifră în YouTube Creator Studio.

Persons: 👍👎 Organizations: YouTube

Copilul dvs. Petreceți timpul cu copiii pe internetOferiți copilului posibilitatea să comunice online sigur și pozitiv cu prietenii, familia și cu dvs. și copilul dvs. să-și exprime propria poziție pe internet, să-și împărtășească viziunile și să-i susțină pe cei care au nevoie de acest lucru în această situație de criză. Încurajați copilul dvs.

Organizations: UNICEF, Organizația Mondială a Sănătății

☆ Corupți cu bani, mâncare sau... emoții. Ce cunosc adolescenții despre abuz și exploatare sexuală
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-18 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +9 min

Migrația, sărăcia, lipsa de informare și violența îi fac pe o bună parte dintre adolescenți vulnerabili în fața unor fenomene precum abuzul și exploatarea sexuală. Doar 15% dintre adolescenți cunosc că sextingul presupune și trimiterea prin internet/SMS a imaginilor nud sau a mesajelor despre sex. Am întrebat mai mulți adolescenți din diverse școli profesionale ce cunosc ei despre abuz și exploatare sexuală. Adolescenții de azi, mai vulnerabili în fața abuzului și exploatării sexualePsihologa Parascovia Topada punctează că tinerii de astăzi sunt mult mai vulnerabili față de abuz și exploatare sexuală. Totodată, Programul educativ de dezvoltare a rezilienței adolescenților față de abuz, exploatare și trafic 12PLUS este livrat de către CNPAC începând cu anul 2017.

Persons: Valentin Botnari, Botnari, Veaceslav, Vlad, Nadejda, Rafael, cela, Lorenzo, Adelina, Nadejda Cara, Eduard Vovc, Daniela Sîmboteanu, CNPAC Organizations: Ministerul Educației, Culturii, Cercetării Locations: Chișinău, Comrat, Bălți, sexualizarea, Regatului Țărilor de Jos

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