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What parents of tweens and teens need to know about BookTok
BookTok can be great for young readers, but some of the recommended content can be explicit and violent.
By Rebecca Ruiz
TikTok's AI-generated content is getting watermarked
TikTok joins industry-wide labeling initiatives to combat harmful content.
Loneliness isn't only a teen or adult problem. Little kids feel it, too.
Why screens may play a role in loneliness among young girls.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Microsoft to law enforcement: No using Azure OpenAI for facial recognition
Cops can't use its services to find suspects, body cams and phone footage included.
Tiny shapeshifting stickers detect post-surgery complications
These dissolvable devices ‘tag’ organs to monitor abnormal activity.
How 'blue comments' turned the TikTok algorithm into a protest tool
SEO for social justice?
How to stop students from making deepfakes of each other
Educators don't know how to handle fake nude or explicit imagery made by students.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Report finds that Big Tech's ad monitoring tools are failing miserably. X is the worst.
Watchdogs and users trudge through a swamp of confusing, limited ad tools.
This website offers uncensored, unfiltered sexual health education
In the age of Only Fans and porn bots, why can't brands share bodies, too?
Oura rings may get symptom-spotting upgrade
Symptom Radar: Not a diagnostic tool, maybe a detection tool.
This tactile sticker could help your mental health
Come for the eye-grabbing, finger-delighting fidget tool. Stay for the building blocks of mindfulness.
Stop scrolling so much. Try these rituals instead.
Want meaningful practices that help lower your screen time? Try creating some 'emodiversity.'
By Rebecca Ruiz
The world of Roblox accessories is betting big on young, Black creators
Designers offer digital authenticity to an eager market.
Emotional support platform 7 Cups beset by trolls
People go to 7 Cups to get emotional support, but some find themselves to be targets instead.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Why online child exploitation is so hard to fight
Predators can weaponize social media platforms against vulnerable youth.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Talking to someone online for emotional support may be riskier than you realize
These platforms promise to connect users to a compassionate listener, but the reality is far more complex.
By Rebecca Ruiz
California paid millions to access a mental health app. It wasn't safe for users.
The failure to disclose what happened with 7 Cups raises big questions about emotional support apps.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Teens who talk about their mental health on this app may be taking a big risk
Vulnerable teens may be targeted by predators.
By Rebecca Ruiz
AI might be influencing your vote this election. How to spot and respond to it.
AI vs. social media companies, government leaders, and the rest of us.
Midjourney bans prompts with Joe Biden and Donald Trump, heeding election misinformation concerns
"This moderation stuff is kind of hard."
Victims of nonconsensual deepfakes arm themselves with copyright law to fight the content's spread
Google has received thousands of copyright complaints across dozens of websites.
Pinterest's AI body type search aims to curate more inclusive search results
The new tool makes search results look more like you.
AI shows clear racial bias when used for job recruiting, new tests reveal
AI has yet to solve hiring discrimination, and it might be making it worse.
The women fighting to make women and girls safe in the digital age
For women, girls, and marginalised people, the digital era opened up new opportunities for harm and abuse.
By Adele Walton
