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Updated on May 10, 2021 at 9:57 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Would you be willing to give up social media? Imagine doing it as a teenager. Its been one week since a group of high school students accepted NBC 7s challenge to log off social media. Last Monday, Carlsbad High School students Tosh Carr (9th grade), Jasmina Pesakovic (11th grade), and Jj Measer (12 th grade) deleted social media apps off their phones. Theyve been documenting their journeys ever since and checked in with NBC 7 for an updat...

The students even made video confessionals throughout the week to document their experience. “Pulled out my phone, clicked on exactly where TikTok used to be,” said Measer in one of his videos. “I do notice myself putting my thumb right where Instagram used to be,” Carr shared in his first video update. “It was definitely pretty hard. I’m pretty used to scrolling through TikTok,” Pesakovic explained to her camera. The students agreed that the first day of the challenge was a learn...

Updated on May 4, 2021 at 10:13 am NBC Universal, Inc. How much time do you spend on social media? Does it consume several hours of your day? Have you considered deleting your accounts? One local sophomore, Riley Cox, deactivated her accounts a few months ago and encouraged others to give it a shot. So NBC 7 challenged three other high school students to follow suit. Download our NBC 7 mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. On Monday, Carlsbad High Sc...