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06.04.26 - 05:24
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Long-Term Social Media Use Linked to Depression, Self-Harm in Young People: Study (ZeroHedge)
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Long-Term Social Media Use Linked to Depression, Self-Harm in Young People: Study
Authored by Jerry Zhu via The Epoch Times,
An Australian-led study has found children and teenagers who spend more time on social media are more likely to experience depression, self-harm, substance use, and lower achievement later in life.
Published in JAMA Pediatrics, the systematic review examined data from 153 studies consisting of over 350,000 children and adolescents aged between 2 and 19 years, for up to two decades.
“The strongest pattern we saw was between social media use and later problematic media use, suggesting early patterns of engagement may become more entrenched and difficult to manage over time,” said Sam Teague, a senior research fellow at James Cook University.
The study focused on longitudinal research, which follows participants over time and offers stronger insight into how behaviours and outcomes develop.
Teague said previous research in the field often relied on snapshots collected a...
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05.04.26 - 16:24
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′I always considered social media evil′: big tobacco whistleblower on tech′s addictive products (The Guardian)
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Jeffrey Stephen Wigand revealed how tobacco companies targeted children; now he sees similar marketing by big techA key whistleblower in the tobacco industry's landmark trials of the 1990s has been watching big tech's recent court battles closely. Jeffrey Stephen Wigand, a biochemist who helped reveal how tobacco companies targeted children and hid just how addictive cigarettes were, has been struck with a feeling of familiarity. Last week's verdict in a major social media trial that Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products has only strengthened comparisons to the legal crackdown on big tobacco. Wigand sees it, too. His first thought, as he learned about the litigation in California, was that social media companies, through their advertisements, were trying to addict children – much like the tobacco industry did.A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube to be negligent last week. Plaintiffs' lawyers relied heavily on internal documents and correspondence to demonstrate that company ...
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05.04.26 - 10:36
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Is the UK falling out of love with social media? (The Guardian)
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Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past postsPosting significant events in your life, from birthdays to weddings and promotions, is a social media staple. But Jenny, like many other Britons recently, has hesitated over contributing to the infinite scroll.“I wouldn't have even posted my wedding really,” she says. “But I had to because … There's like an etiquette. Nobody else can post your wedding until you've posted. So my friends were like: 'Please post, it's been like a week.'” Continue reading......
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04.04.26 - 23:18
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How Social Media Verdicts Could Upend Tech Industry (ZeroHedge)
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How Social Media Verdicts Could Upend Tech Industry
Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times,
Two major court verdicts last week finding social media giants Meta and YouTube liable for harm to users could send shock waves through the tech industry.
In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, a jury in Los Angeles on March 25 found both companies liable for making their platforms addictive and deleterious to the mental health of young users.
The 20-year-old plaintiff, referred to as “Kaley G.M.” or only her initials K.G.M. during trial, testified that she had become addicted to social media at a young age and that it negatively affected her mental health.
Jurors ultimately decided that Meta was more liable for harming K.G.M., giving the tech giant 70 percent of the responsibility, or $2.1 million of the total $3 million in punitive damages, while YouTube shouldered 30 percent, or $900,000.
An additional $3 million in compensatory damages were recommended by jurors to be paid by Meta and YouTube—the...
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02.04.26 - 08:00
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UK social media users less active on tech platforms due to rise of video apps (The Guardian)
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Ofcom research shows people also concerned old posts could affect personal or professional lifeSocial media users in the UK are becoming less active on tech platforms due to the rise of video apps and fears that posts could come back to haunt them, according to the communications watchdog.Ofcom said just under half of adult social media users (49%) now post, share or comment compared with 61% in 2024. The proportion exploring new websites has also fallen, from 70% to 56%. Continue reading......
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