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Written by Kevin Roose, New York Times. When I opened my laptop on Tuesday to take my first run at GPT-4, the new artificial intelligence

Written by Allison Aubrey, NPR.  U.S. teens spend more than eight hours a day on screens, and there’s growing concern over how social media may affect their mental health.

Article from Amnesty International Instagram, TikTok and other social media have become daily fixtures in the lives of children and young people around the world,

By Sara Moniuszko, CBS News Open Instagram, scroll, exit, repeat. Open Facebook, scroll, exit, repeat. Open Twitter, scroll, exit, repeat. Open TikTok… For many of us,

By Caroline Bologna, HuffPost Kids learn about what’s happening in the world from their peers, teachers, relatives and, of course, social media. But word-of-mouth and

By Heather Falls, KBTX Studies have shown that reducing social media use to just 30 minutes a day can lead to increased mental health and well-being.

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Teen girls in the United States experienced record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide risk in recent years, amid “significant”

Smart Gen Society Introduces Workbook to Encourage and Support Taking a Short Social Media Pause Written By Lisa Johnson We are very excited to announce

Holiday Technology Tips from Smart Gen Society! Ellie Pearson The holiday season is here and no matter how you celebrate this year, there is one

By Kevin Johnson, USA Today Citing an “explosion” of online sextortion cases involving children, federal authorities Monday issued an unusual national public safety alert in an attempt

Article by HuffPost Video game company Epic Games will pay a total of $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints involving children’s privacy and

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN TikTok may surface potentially harmful content related to suicide and eating disorders to teenagers within minutes of them creating an account,

By Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY  Catfishing has tricked countless internet users in recent decades. People have used the deceptive practice for anything ranging from pranking their

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A mindfulness meditation course may be as effective at reducing anxiety as a common medication, according to a new study. The research, published

By Katie Notopoulos, Buzzfeed News. I’m your friend. I want to help you out. I know you love BeReal, the hot new app where everyone

Digital Medical ID: Why it is important and how to set up! Ellie Pearson, Smart Gen Society Staff If you are an iPhone user, this

Video and post by USA Today. With online maps, it’s unnerving when your house and address number are visible to anyone. Visit the video produced

Beware of Dangerous Social Media Challenges!  Lisa Johnson New social media challenges pop up daily. Many of them are fun, harmless, and some even raise

Post by USA Today Facebook Messenger is a great way to keep up with friends and family, but scammers can defraud you. Stay safe with

By Abhishek Sahu, Money Control Undoubtedly social media is a great tool to keep your company vibrant. However, a slight error in judgement on a

By Kari Paul, The Guardian In the few years since its launch, TikTok has already altered the face of the social media landscape, attracting more than 1

BY Angela Haupt, TIME   Graham Dugoni was sick of seeing smartphones everywhere when he lived in San Francisco in 2014. So he decided to

By Elissa Strauss, CNN   My teenage years, like many of our teenage years, were raw ones. I felt vulnerable, destabilized and confused, and I chronicled

By Marie Holmes, HuffPost On Sept. 15, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, which unanimously passed in the state

By William Siu, The New York Times Opinion Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has just signed legislation that would require social media companies to make sure new

By Marie Holmes (HuffPost) After British teen Hanna Smith killed herself in 2013, her father told U.K. media that she had been the target of bullying online.

By Air Shapiro, Michael Levitt, and Christopher Intagliata (NPR.org) For many, checking social media has become a routine of logging on, seeing something that makes

By Adrianna Rodriquez, USA TODAY The rollout of 988 as the new National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may have saved more than 150,000 more lives in

OnlyFans. What you should know (Hint: It’s not for kids!) Lisa Johnson OnlyFans is a subscription-based social media platform that was introduced in 2016, but

By The Wall Street Journal, Julie Jargon you think locking down your kids’ iPhones or iPads is just a matter of turning on some Screen

By Boys Town Contributor, Boys Town Boys Town recently hosted Amie Konwinski, Founder and CEO of the Omaha-based, non-profit Smart Gen Society, to share insights and

The Unintentional Dangers of ‘First Day of School’ Photos Ellie Pearson       Parents, caregivers, and relatives do not intentionally put their children in

By Gless Fleishman, Macworld. Apple’s new tracker has a lot of positive uses, but you might be concerned that you’re being tracked without your knowledge. (Macworld)

By Dalvin Brown, WSJ (Wall Street Journal)  – Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.10% AirTags help you find your lost keys or bag. They can also be used in ways

By Colleen McClain, Emily A. Vogels, Andrew Perrin, Stella Sechopoulos and Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center (Pew Research Center)  – The coronavirus has transformed many aspects of Americans’ lives.

When teens started turning up in doctors’ offices with sudden, severe physical tics, specialists suspected social media: The girls had been watching Tourette syndrome TikTok

School-gossip Instagram accounts resurface questions about educators’ role in policing students’ social-media activity (WSJ) – It’s like a scene straight out of the teen drama “Gossip

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: