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Several States Suing Meta Over Social Media ‘Altering’ Realities of American Youth
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Lauren McKeithen
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Numerous states are suing Meta, alleging its platforms, including Instagram and Facebook, have “profoundly altered the psychological and social realities of a generation of young Americans.” The 228-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims that Meta’s business model specifically targets young users, monetizing their attention through data…
New Study Shows Majority of Adults Struggle Without Their Phones and Internet Access
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Lauren McKeithen
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Adults predict they could only go without their phone and TV for five hours, while they could manage three days without a laptop or tablet. A study of 2,000 British participants found 71 percent admitted they’d struggle to manage their life if they didn’t have access to the internet. Without a phone, more than half…
Watching Less TV Could Lower Heart Disease Risk
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Lauren McKeithen
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According to new research, reducing your television intake to less than one hour a day could prevent one in nine cases of coronary heart disease. A team from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit and the Universities of Cambridge and Hong Kong have found that too much TV increases the risk of heart disease,…
Cutting Smartphone Use By An Hour Can Improve Well-Being
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Lauren McKeithen
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Do you need to throw your smartphone in the trash to live your best life? Not necessarily, according to researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), who suggest that we could all benefit from cutting down on screen time, but only a little bit. “The smartphone is both a blessing and a curse,” says study leader Dr. Julia Brailovskaia…
Do You Talk to People Face to Face? You May Be Preventing Suicide
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
The world has shrunk dramatically. Transatlantic journeys that once took months take a few hours. Emailing someone in Japan from England takes less than a second. Phone calls can reach Australia with as much ease, clarity and speed as they do a neighbor. This is advantageous to anyone who has studied abroad, worked in a…
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