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Matt Richtel grapples with how modern life is warping adolescence

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Matt Richtel grapples with how modern life is warping adolescence

Not only are children starting puberty earlier, they face a digital world where, for good and bad, most of their interactions are internalised. How We Grow Up is scary, illuminating and hopeful, says Chris Simms

Culture

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Technology

We have let down teens if we ban social media but embrace AI

Leader

Technology

Will Australia's social media ban really keep teenagers safe online?

News

Technology

Social media toxicity can't be fixed by changing the algorithms

News

Social media is dead – here’s what comes next

Technology

Social media is dead – here’s what comes next

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Gen z friends make a TikTok video with a cell phone. The man is a LGBTQIA person and the female is a young woman living with alopecia. University students and friends

Technology

Slay the new slang: check out a guide to social media’s baffling lingo

Culture

Technology

Generation Alpha's coded language makes online bullying hard to detect

News

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Society

A compelling book asks if we are killing off the idea of private life

Culture

Technology

Attempt to reach expert consensus on teens and phones ends in argument

News

Technology

US government is using AI for unprecedented social media surveillance

Under the Trump administration, multiple US government agencies are using AI and other tools to broadly track the social media of tourists and immigrants – and potentially to watch US citizens as well

News

Technology

Reddit users were subjected to AI-powered experiment without consent

News

Technology

US government defunds research on misinformation

News

Environment

Where is the TV drama to move the dial on climate change?

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Mind

Can't stop doomscrolling? Here's some research to help you cut back

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