Big Tech Gut Check (week of August 19, 2024)
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The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech. Social Media & Big Tech highlights for this week: What Snapchat Isn’t Telling You? The Dark Side of Snapchat (article here) New Research Reveals Communicating Online with Friends Brings Australians Happiness (full report) Stack of TikTok Lawsuits Grows Higher (report here) Schools All Over the Nation Roll Out Phone Bans Phone Free Schools Movement Releases Toolkit (download here) What Parents Need to Know About The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)  Ask your Representative to Pass KOSA! Contact your Representative in the House: Visit house.gov and enter ZIP code at the top right to find your representative This episode is sponsored by Bark Technologies. These days, parents have access to a safer smartphone for kids called the Bark Phone.  Check out the Bark Phone Check out the Bark Parental Monitoring App for iPhones and Androids (use code SCROLLING2DEATH for 10% off) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scrolling2death/support
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