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Emails show Zuckerberg questioned research on Meta's harmful effects after repercussions on teenagers' mental health
https://www.theverge.com/report/874176/meta-zuckerberg-new-mexico-email-teen-girls-research

“One day after The Wall Street Journal published a blockbuster story about Meta’s own dismal findings about teen girls’ mental health on Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wondered whether Meta should change how it studies its platforms’ potential harms.

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Some teenagers are saying tearful goodbyes to their AI companions, @WSJ reports.

"Chatbot maker Character.AI is cutting off access, citing mental-health concerns."

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Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content. But will it work?

@AssociatedPress reports: "The changes come as the social media giant faces relentless criticism over harms to children."

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The 2025 version of the prank phone call: Police are asking kids to stop pulling AI homeless man spoof.

@theverge reports: "Kids are using AI to create images of a disheveled, seemingly unhoused person in their home and sending them to their parents."

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I’ve never seen this before, and it turned up after seeing a link about Epstein in a Bluesky post. Would any parent trust Trump with their young daughter? Walking into a changing room of young girls getting dressed and shouting "Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before" isn’t exactly normal behaviour…
https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-walks-in-miss-teen-usa-contestants-changing/

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Study says ChatGPT is giving teens dangerous advice on drugs, alcohol and suicide.

@AssociatedPress quotes a study author: "We wanted to test the guardrails. The visceral initial response is, ‘Oh my Lord, there are no guardrails.’"

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TikTok is rolling out a new feature to encourage teens to stop using the app at night. Read more at @theverge. https://flip.it/vgzalJ

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Among our top stories of 2024:

Police knew she was selling fake Percocet but did not stop her. His mother sought the right treatment for his addiction but couldn’t find it. Two teens got caught up in a system unprepared to handle kids on either side of the drug trade.

https://propub.li/3C3J6MV

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