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Native tribes sue Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat over social media addiction: Two tribal nations brought lawsuits this week against social-media companies ...
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Liberal government to launch $500M fund for youth mental health: Ottawa is setting up a $500-million fund to help community health organizations provide more ...
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Kids in Crisis is coming to Wausau for a discussion on youth mental health and suicide prevention
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'Not an existence I want' - Rider Caroline March explains decision to end life in poignant farewell
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Quick Glance: Rider Caroline March explains decision to end life in poignant farewell
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- Ms March described how her disability had impacted her quality of life and emphasized that it was not the kind of existence she desired.
- She also discussed her support for assisted suicide and how she struggled with her situation and emotions after her accident.
- Tributes have been paid to the rider, described as well-known and loved in the British eventing community, after her farewell letter was published.
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Instagram 'Friend Map' May Soon Let You Keep Tabs on People's Locations: Meta seems to be taking another page from Snapchat with this Snap Map-esque feature.
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Instagram is working on a ‘Friend Map’ feature that would let you track friends’ locations
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Snapchat isn’t liable for connecting 12-year-old to convicted sex offenders: Section 230 shields Snapchat from minor’s claims that algorithm enabled rape.
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Quick Glance: Reddit and Google form significant partnership
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- This significant partnership was unveiled on Thursday with an estimated value of 60 million dollars. In addition to leveraging Google AI models, Reddit will gain access to enhance its internal site search and other functionalities.
- Following a net income of 18.5 million dollars in the fourth quarter on revenue of 249.8 million dollars, Reddit announced plans for its initial public offering.
- However, the collaboration with Google does not introduce any data-driven alterations to how Reddit operates, and Google is required to abide by Reddit's user terms and privacy policy.
In Iowa, U.S. surgeon general calls on Congress to protect kids from social media
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Student Reporting Labs speaks with the U.S. surgeon general on youth mental health
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California cannot shirk its duty of funding youth mental health after Prop. 1 passage | Opinion
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Screen Time for Kids Is Fine! Unless It's Not: Two new books offer radically different approaches to how people should think about smartphones and social media.
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Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them
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‘Worrying malaise’: China’s economic and social fortunes rest on its youth, but they are lying flat and ‘letting it rot’
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Florida lawmakers approve ban on social media accounts for children under 16: Florida lawmakers have fast-tracked legislation that forces social media companies ...
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Snap to lay off 'approximately' 10% of its staff: The firm said in 2023 it had 5,000 employees, suggesting around 500 people are facing redundancy.
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Snap Reports Disappointing Revenue Amid Ad Slump; Shares Plunge: Snap Inc. shares plunged more than 30% after the parent company of the Snapchat app reported ...
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Inside a radical new facility for treating youth mental health: The Ohana Center in California uses architecture as part of its approach to treating youth mental ...
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Wedbush's Dan Ives Expresses Investors' Growing Frustration With Snap: 'Every Quarter There Is Another Do
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Research identifies characteristics of cities that would support young people's mental health
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Tech tip: How to get around Instagram's new limits on political content: Instagram started an automatic clamp down on the amount of political content appearing ...
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‘It’s Causing Them to Drop Out of Life’: How Phones Warped Gen Z: The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns social media is fueling a mental health crisis.
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NYC sues social media giants to hold them ‘financially responsible’ for youth mental health crisis
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Snap Lays Off Over 500 Employees as Tech Industry Cuts Continue: The company behind Snapchat and the AR-powered Spectacles is the latest to announce a wave of ...
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TikTok, Facebook and YouTube sued by New York City for alleged harm to kids’ mental health
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Snap tumbles as ad sales lag larger rivals
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Quick Glance: Snapchat Stock Plunges Over 35%
- Snap announced laying off 10% of staff
- Q4 2023 revenue up 5% to $1.36 billion
- Net income loss narrowed by 13% to $248 million
- Q1 2024 revenue projected between $1B and $1.3B, EBITDA loss between $55M and $95M
Snapchat’s First Super Bowl Ad Calls for Safer, Friendlier Social Media: Snapchat’s first Super Bowl campaign positions the brand as a safer ...
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Quick Glance: NFL Power Rankings: Chiefs Continue Dominance
- Kansas City Chiefs have definitively answered questions about their dominance as the newest NFL dynasty.
- San Francisco 49ers will return almost intact in 2024 with an easier path to Super Bowl than Chiefs.
- Buffalo narrowly missed overtime against Kansas City in the playoffs.
- Detroit Lions were undoubtedly the franchise's best team of the Super Bowl era, but could be surpassed in 2024.
The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood: The environment in which kids grow up today is hostile to human development.
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MLL report reveals: Children suffer from adults' mental abuse: The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare's annual report for 2023 has shed light on a disturbing ...
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State of the City: Palo Alto earmarks $52 million for housing: The city aims to build 6,000 homes over the next decade. There are ongoing initiatives for ...
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Auditor-General's youth mental health report before committee: The Health Select Committee has been digesting the Auditor-General’s report on how well public ...
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Snap shares sink as revenue falls short of Wall Street expectations: Social media company’s earnings come a day after it announced lay-offs
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SF tech company DocuSign lays off hundreds, 6% of workforce: San Francisco tech company DocuSign will lay off hundreds to improve ‘financial and operational ...
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Ex Skipton Girls pupil runs a half marathon in every city in England: A WOMAN has completed a two-and-a-half-year-long challenge to run a half marathon in every ...
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New York City Sues Owners of Insta, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube for Teen Mental Health Crisis
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How to stop the social media notifications you didn't ask for: These types of notifications include alerts about friends' activity or other users' new posts.
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Planned $62M youth mental health hospital in east Charlotte still needs $25M in funding
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Presidential candidates don’t know when to fold: Why do these candidates so frequently postpone their reckoning with reality for so long? While each has his or ...
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Uber Bookings Beat on Robust Demand for Rides, Delivery: Uber Technologies Inc. reported gross bookings that beat analyst estimates, showing strong global demand ...
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Snap Inc. to Cut 10% of Total Global Workforce in 'Difficult Decision to Restructure'
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Antidepressant prescriptions to youths spiked during and after the pandemic, study finds
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Jennifer O'Connell: You’re not depressed or burnt out. But are you languishing?: Warning signs may include staying up late to watch Robbie Williams’s Netflix ...
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