Technology
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Sweden urges parents to restrict phone use around children
Sweden’s public health agency has urged parents to declare parts of the…
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Americas, Canada, Crown Prosecution Service, Health, Internet safety, Law, Mental health, Social media, Society, Technology, UK news, World newsAnger at decision not to extradite Canadian suicide kit supplier to face UK justice
Bereaved families whose loved ones were the victims of an online supplier…
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Online child safety campaigners call for US inquiry into Roblox
Online child safety campaigners including Jonathan Haidt, the bestselling writer on the…
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Anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Health, London, Mental health, NHS, Schools, Secondary schools, Society, Technology, UK news, Virtual reality, Young peopleLondon schools trialling VR to relieve pupils’ stress
Schools have begun deploying virtual reality to help pupils cope with stress…
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Even without social media, phones have a subtle, damaging effect on our mental health | Devi Sridhar
When I first started teaching at Oxford in 2005, I would offer…
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AI (artificial intelligence), Children’s health, Health, Mental health, Meta, Social media, Technology, Tobacco industry, US news, YouTube‘I always considered social media evil’: big tobacco whistleblower on tech’s addictive products
A key whistleblower in the tobacco industry’s landmark trials of the 1990s…
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Digital media, Instagram, Internet, Media, Mental health, Meta, Ofcom, Social media, Society, Technology, TikTok, UK news, XIs the UK falling out of love with social media?
Posting significant events in your life, from birthdays to weddings and promotions,…
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Unregulated chatbots are putting lives at risk | Letters
Your coverage of AI-associated delusions exposes a gap that training-level guardrails cannot…
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Hundreds of UK teenagers to trial six-week social media curbs for major study
Hundreds of UK teenagers will trial social media bans, digital curfews and…
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Digital media, Facebook, Happiness, Health, Instagram, Mental health, Social media, Social networking, Society, Technology, TikTok, WhatsAppInstagram worse for mental health than WhatsApp, global study finds
Social media apps such as Instagram and TikTok, which encourage algorithm-driven scrolling,…
