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How Calm is using machine learning to keep us all mellow
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With a mission is to make the world happier and healthier by helping people prioritise mental health and claiming to be the world s most popular sleep, meditation and relaxation app Calm exults in being what the Centre for Humane Technology dubs the world s happiest app .
Designed to help users manage stress, sleep better and live a happier, healthier life, the app is available in more than 190 countries. But for all the apparent talk of calm science, there s a lot of deep IT and data-driven marketing behind the way the privately held, nine-year-old company gets such high satisfaction rates for its meditation app.
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Concerns included the potential harms to the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of children, they said, citing research about Instagram use among children leading to suicidal ideation, depression and body image concerns.
“We have a responsibility to protect our youngest citizens, and a version of Instagram specifically aimed at children under 13 poses significant health and safety risks for Kentucky children,” Cameron said in a statement. “We already know that child predators regularly use social media platforms to communicate with children, and we cannot give them a new opportunity to target those who are most vulnerable to exploitation.”
The state AGs also referenced the design flaw in Facebook s Messenger Kids app in 2019 that resulted in kids bypassing the restrictions and connecting with adults. Facebook has said the error affected group chats and was detected and resolved.