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For a period of one week, three New Jersey teens agreed not to take their phones to bed, and to try different tools to reduce screen time during the day. Meg Oliver has the story. Source link
Clifton, New Jersey — At Clifton High School in Clifton, New Jersey, senior Gianna Colon is a three-sport athlete, sophomore Sebastian Fazio loves math and baseball, and sophomore Hamza Ramach is in band and is a goalie on the school hockey team. What do they have in common? They are three productive students who also … Read more
Parents are at war with screen time. Here’s how to help teens curb the prolonged habit. – CBS News Watch CBS News Parents concerned about long screen time among teens are turning to these tools to help them curb the habit. CBS News’ Meg Oliver has more. Source link
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Bangladeshi man accused of using social media to trick teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit images — and then threatening to share them with their friends and family if they didn’t send more — has been transported to Alaska to face federal charges of child sexual exploitation. Zobaidul Amin, 28, … Read more
Most major tech companies have age restrictions on their powerful chatbots, but that hasn’t stopped some toy companies from claiming to use OpenAI and Google to power their products. A report released Tuesday by a consumer watchdog found that more than two dozen toys advertised online were marketed as being powered by leading AI models, … Read more
The move comes as Instagram’s parent company, Meta, and other social media platforms face ongoing scrutiny over the safety of their products, particularly for young people. In Los Angeles, a consolidated group of cases with more than 1,600 plaintiffs, including more than 350 families and over 250 school districts, are accusing Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and … Read more
Meta-owned Instagram will soon alert parents if their teenage child uses the app to search for content related to suicide or self-harm, the technology company’s latest effort to shore up safety features as it faces heat over how social media impacts young people. Meta said that, starting next week, parents who use Instagram’s supervision tools … Read more
Singer D4vd is the target of a Los Angeles grand jury investigation into the death of a 15-year-old girl whose dismembered remains were found last year in the trunk of his car, according to court filings. The filings state a grand jury investigation is currently pending in Los Angeles County involving allegations that D4vd, whose … Read more
In 2018, as Facebook sought to expand its global footprint, the company considered launching a separate app for teens called Bell, which would have been built around their high schools, offering forums where students could discuss sports teams, school events or what they overheard in the hallway, a new court filing shows. The company intended … Read more