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A study of the psychological well-being of two million individuals from 2005 to 2022 in 168 countries found "smaller and less consistent associations than would be expected if the internet were causing widespread psychological harm."

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In just 5 days, the latest Twitter alternative, Meta's Threads, has garnered 100 million users, shattering a record formerly held by the wildly popular gen AI app ChatGPT.

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Facebook, Twitter and Google have made moves to prevent their platforms from being weaponized by purveyors of misinformation about the crisis in Ukraine.

At the heart of the debate over Twitter’s model for content moderation lies a deeper question: Is it possible to engender greater trust in online information and discourse?

Facebook is putting its plans to launch a version of Instagram for kids on hold. The move comes following a report in the Wall Street Journal that Instagram is harmful to young people and congressional pressure to scrap the project. Although Instagram is putting Kids on hold, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, explained the company will be making new features available to parents to oversee their childrens accounts.

Facebook is putting its plans to launch a version of Instagram for kids on hold. The move comes following a report in the Wall Street Journal that Instagram is harmful to young people and congressional pressure to scrap the project. Although Instagram is putting Kids on hold, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, explained the company will be making new features available to parents to oversee their childrens accounts.

); //]]>//--> By John P. Mello Jr. Mar 17, 2021 4:00 AM PT A new social media platform based on voice messaging launched Monday. Called Swell, free apps for the platform can be found in Apples App Store and in Google Play. According to the developers of Swell, its the first social platform to focus exclusively on asynchronous audio conversations, where audio clips up to five minutes in length can be posted to the site. Any Swell member can host a conversation and has control over who may partic...

Mar 17, 2021 4:00 AM PT A new social media platform based on voice messaging launched Monday. Called Swell, free apps for the platform can be found in Apples App Store and in Google Play. According to the developers of Swell, its the first social platform to focus exclusively on asynchronous audio conversations, where audio clips up to five minutes in length can be posted to the site. Any Swell member can host a conversation and has control over who may participate in it, as well as make posts....