The lawsuit accuses the social media giant of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that get children addicted to its platforms. It also claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent, in violation of federal law. (Ortutay, AP News)
Read MoreOne recent survey by the Bipartisan Policy Center found that 3 in 10 adults use digital tools for mental health, including chatbots. Another 2026 study in JAMA Pediatrics found that as many as 1 in 5 teens and young adults do the same. (Chaterjee, NPR)
Read MoreBritish children are “becoming intoxicated by extremism”, the children’s commissioner for England has warned, as she called on the government to introduce a range of curbs to social media use for under-18s. (Scott et al., The Times)
Read MoreMore than a third of adults have lived with two or more partners, according to Pew’s estimates. About two-thirds of couples who have lived together eventually marry, according to the report, which found that figure jumps to 77 percent for those with at least a bachelor’s degree. (Reynolds, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe latest slang to capture the Gen Z zeitgeist is a way to say poser, try-hard or fraud. [A]cross the internet, young people are repurposing the word “larping” to call out someone they think is inauthentic. (Hale, USA Today)
Read MoreReading is in decline everywhere. Most widely cited are a series of reports from universities suggesting that students are increasingly unable to read the books their lecturers assign to them. (Marriott, The Times)
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