Big Tech Gut Check (week of April 29, 2024)
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The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech. The highlights for this week: 🧐 New research from Pew Research Center on social media influence 💰 Issue One releases amount of $$ Big Tech spent lobbying against online safety 📱 NY Times Opinion: Are smartphones driving our teens to depression? ⚖️ Is Big Tech funding biased research studies? 👩‍⚖️ Updates on the TikTok law...will it be overturned? 🔐 A new solution for smartphone problems at school. Washington post article here. Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scrolling2death/support
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