Evidence for link between digital technology use and teenage mental health problems is weak, our large study suggests

The research found little evidence that time spent on social media or frequent gaming causes mental health problems in ...
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Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology

Lucy Jackson uses a phone that can do little besides make a call and, with some effort, send a text. That complicates life for a college freshman in 2025. But for Jackson, who uses paper maps and ...
The Baltimore Sun

Youth mental health organization asks AI developers to weigh safety risks for teens

A youth-focused mental health organization has penned an open letter to technology companies that are building artificial intelligence chatbots, urging them to slow down and weigh safety risks for ...
Yahoo

What's a 'clanker'? We asked kids about the new slang young people are using.

Kids have taken up an anti-robot and anti-AI slang term. But some are treading carefully around the use of a slur — even against technology. (Photo illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Yahoo News; photos: ...
The Conversation

‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban

Michael Dezuanni receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Kim Osman and Lynrose Jane Genon do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...