socialmedia
In recent years, the pervasive influence of social media in our lives has sparked heated debates on its potential impact on mental health, particularly concerning loneliness. A new study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships explored this issue by examining how the algorithms driving social media platforms like Instagram affect feelings of loneliness among users. The findings provide evidence that perceptions of social media algorithms are linked to feelings of loneliness. The research was motivated by the increasing prevalence of loneliness alongside the rise of social...
PsyPost (UK)
In recent years, the pervasive influence of social media in our lives has sparked heated debates on its potential impact on mental health, particularly concerning loneliness. A new study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships explored this issue by examining how the algorithms driving social media platforms like Instagram affect feelings of loneliness among users. The findings provide evidence that perceptions of social media algorithms are linked to feelings of loneliness. The research was motivated by the increasing prevalence of loneliness alongside the rise of social...
PsyPost
In recent years, the pervasive influence of social media in our lives has sparked heated debates on its potential impact on mental health, particularly concerning loneliness. A new study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships explored this issue by examining how the algorithms driving social media platforms like Instagram affect feelings of loneliness among users. The findings provide evidence that perceptions of social media algorithms are linked to feelings of loneliness. The research was motivated by the increasing prevalence of loneliness alongside the rise of social...
PsyPost (CA)
Social Media platform Instagram continues to recommend adult-oriented content to underage users, a report by the Wall Street Journal has found. The report has exposed cracks in Meta Platforms’ earlier claims to provide a secure and age-appropriate digital environment for teenagers. The publication had tied up with an academic researcher to undertake a seven-month-long test to investigate the issue. The process involved creating new accounts for 13-year-old users. In its investigation, WSJ found that within twenty minutes of teenagers consuming content on Reels, their feeds were inundated with ...
Invezz
So far in our lifetimes, we have seen warning labels placed on a lot of things that we use everyday. From cigarettes to music that we purchase, a warning label exists to let us know of the risks we are taking if using said product. According to AP News, the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms and their effects on young people’s lives. In an opinion piece posted to the New York Times, the surgeon general claims that social media is a contributing factor to the mental health crisis going on in America with our youth. ...
PopCrush
Documents disclosed in court this week detailed high-stakes negotiations between TikTok and the US government prior to the signing of a law to force the social media platform's China-based parent company to divest from it. TikTok accused the Biden administration of engaging in "political demagoguery" in a letter sent to a top official in the US justice department before the law was signed. The lawsuit is expected to be one of the biggest legal battles in tech and internet history. The documents provided details about negotiations between TikTok and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the Un...
Euronews (English)
Remember when the federal government accused social media companies of spreading misinformation about COVID-19? Well, according to a recent bombshell report from Reuters, top U.S. policy makers should have pointed their fingers at a giant mirror. That's because the U.S. military, under both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, deliberately spread misinformation on social media about the COVID-19 vaccines, in hopes of encouraging Filipinos to distrust the Chinese government. The disinformation campaign—which involved hundreds of fake accounts on X—promoted the idea that Sinova...
Reason
Should social media come with a warning? A top US health official suggested this week that platforms should have warnings similar to those on tobacco packaging. “The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency - and social media has emerged as an important contributor,” Dr Vivek Murthy, the US surgeon general or leading spokesperson on matters of public health, wrote in an editorial published in the New York Times. He also called on curbing the use of features that contribute to excessive use such as push notifications, autoplay, and infinite scroll. But could this actually help pe...
Euronews (English)
EU ambassadors meeting in Brussels today (20 June) delayed discussions over controversial wording of a regulation to protect children online off the table today since it was clear there was not enough agreement among member states to advance the proposal, according to an EU Council source. The wording proposed using so called 'upload moderation' to compel encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp and Messenger to include surveillance technology that would scan all users' images. For more details on the upload moderation, see Euronews previous article here. To be accepted, the proposal woul...
Euronews (English)
Kürzlich verdichteten sich die Hinweise darauf, dass der umstrittene Influencer Julian Zietlow und Alina Schulte im Hoff nach einer zwischenzeitlichen Trennung wieder zusammengefunden haben. Nachdem er zeitweise in Thailand lebte, wohnt er jetzt wieder zusammen mit Alina sowie seinen zwei Kindern in Berlin. Nun aber erlebte die Familie einen Schreck-Moment, denn mitten in der Villa brach ein Feuer aus. Alina Schulte im Hoff gesteht auf Instagram, dass sie in Panik verfiel, doch Julian Zietlow behielt offenbar die Nerven. Julian Zietlow: Aufnahmen des Brands aus der VillaAuf den Accounts von Al...
Watson
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