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Growing Up Alongside AI: What Parents Are Getting Right (and Wrong)
One parent's journey from oversharing online to flip phones and back again holds a lesson for every family trying to raise kids in an AI-saturated world.
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $942 million total over child safety failures
A judge found Meta's platforms created a 'public nuisance' for young users and ordered sweeping changes, including nighttime notification blackouts and monthly screen-time caps for under-18s.
A $9 physical key that locks your most distracting apps
Screen-time apps rely on willpower. This tiny NFC device makes you physically walk to unlock Instagram or TikTok, and it costs less than a large pizza.
A psychologist who has studied teen mental health for 25 years says social media bans will make things worse
Candice Odgers argues the adults in the room, not the apps, are the bigger danger to young people online. Her case is worth hearing.
EU Tells Meta: Kill Infinite Scroll and Autoplay or Face Billion-Dollar Fines
European regulators say Facebook and Instagram were designed to keep you stuck, and they want it stopped.