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TikTok’s Viral Challenges Keep Luring Kids to Their Deaths

SOCIAL DILEMMA DEATH –  Nov. 29, 2022 - The game had a name: the blackout challenge. Kids around the world…

2 years ago

Why Apple’s Tone-deaf Gambling Ads Make Me Worry

LET’S GET MONEY FROM CHILDREN –  Oct. 31, 2022 - This is one reason why I’ve been a bit more…

2 years ago

Apple ‘pauses’ gambling ads after placing them next to kids’ games, addiction recovery apps

APPLE’S EVIL GENIUS PLACEMENT –  Oct. 27, 2022 - The issue got attention on Twitter early Wednesday when an ad…

2 years ago

Intercepted Phone Calls by DEA Glimpse Into $24M Oxycodone Sales Ring

THE WORLD IS WEARING A WIRE –    Oct. 14, 2022 - On Oct. 3, DEA agents interviewed Ratanaprasatporn at…

2 years ago

How Ugly Will Life in the Metaverse Become?

HUMANITY’S SWAN SONG? –    Oct. 7, 2022 - I choose a world with a four-story comedy club under a…

2 years ago

New Book Helps Us Heal our ‘screen-broken brains’

GET THE KINDLE –  Oct. 7, 2022 - Kristian’s book is a call to resist the urge to play the…

2 years ago

14 Years Online of IN THE ROOMS

BEFORE THERE WAS ZOOM... –  Sept. 30, 2022 - 14 years ago, Ken Pomerance and Ron Tannebaum came up with…

2 years ago

Can Smartphones Predict Suicide?

WOULDN’T THAT BE GREAT –    Sept. 30, 2022 - But her life on the outside was as unsettled as…

2 years ago

Put Down Your Devices and Let Your Mind Wander

I THINK THEREFORE I AM THE I AM –  Sept. 23, 2022 - The researchers contrasted people’s estimates of how…

2 years ago

From Sober Mom Squads to Anti-Anxiety Workbooks: Do New AA Alternatives Work?

IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT –  Sept. 7, 2022 - AA was founded in 1935 by two white men…

2 years ago

Facebook Fined $400 Million for Treatment of Children’s Data

HOW LOW WILL THEY GO? –  Sept. 5, 2022 - Policymakers are attempting to better safeguard children’s data generated on…

2 years ago

Program Helping Youth to Detox From Technology Addiction

THE 11th COMMANDMENT –  Spring 2022 - I’m in my room consistently. “I just want to be left alone on…

2 years ago

‘BetterHelp is absolutely trying to destroy the mental health world’

WHO’S ZOOMING WHO? –    Aug. 7, 2022 - The TikToker, Alicia Murray (@therapywithmillenials) claims that folks who find the…

2 years ago

Suicide Hotline # 988 Gets Over 96,000 Calls During First Week

VIDEO – SAVE A SOUL, SAVE THE WORLD –  July 24, 2022 - The 988 system will build on an…

2 years ago

U.S. Announces $1.2 Billion Healthcare Crackdown Tied to Telehealth

IS ZOOM AN ACCOMPLICE? –  July 2022 - “The cases announced today include charges against people who brazenly used Medicare…

2 years ago

‘Group Inc.’ Doubles Down on Telehealth with App to Treat Opioid Addiction

AND MEDS TOO? –   July 19, 2022 - Like many healthcare provider organizations, Groups, a value-based care provider of…

2 years ago

The Nonstop Scam Economy Is Costing More Than Just Money

“WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR WARRANTY” –   July 13, 2022 - Beyond the financial repercussions,…

2 years ago

Tenet Healthcare Exposes Data of 1.2M Patients

HIPA SHIMIPA –  July 13, 2022 - “The Company immediately suspended user access to impacted information technology applications, executed extensive…

2 years ago

California Social Media Addiction Bill Drops Parent Lawsuit

WHO’S MINDING THE KIDS? –   July 14, 2022 - “They get afraid it will open the floodgates to frivolous…

2 years ago

How Gambling Addiction Has Affected Younger Generation

BETTER MATH SKILLS? –   July 4, 2022 - Joe was 13 when he started gambling with friends. In college,…

2 years ago

Are Smartphones Making Kids Dumb?

JUST CALL THEM DIGITAL DRUGS –   June 29, 2022 - I am a dad of two teenage sons, the…

2 years ago

19-Year-Old TikToker Cooper Noriega Has Died

SO MUCH POTENTIAL –  June 13, 2022 - Model and social media influencer Cooper Noriega, who obtained 2.8 million TikTok…

2 years ago

‘Dial 988’ Suicide Prevention Hotline to Launch on July 16 Already Needs Significant Improvements

DIAL WHAT? –  June 10, 2022 - The RAND report confirms what many mental health experts already know — there’s…

2 years ago

California Parents Could Sue For Social Media Addiction

GOOD LUCK –  May 24, 2022 - Business groups have warned that if the bill passes, social media companies would…

2 years ago

TikTok Addiction? Here Are The Signs!

YOU ARE READING THIS ARTICLE –   May 6, 2022 - Sometimes the TikTok algorithm shows us things we like,…

3 years ago

Worried about your kids’ screen time? Check your own first.

SCROLLING NOT STROLLING –  April 29, 2022 - Experts have been studying the effects of smartphones on parents for almost…

3 years ago

Family Suing Social Media over Son’s Suicide

VIDEO ONLY – EVIL ON THE SMALL SCREEN –   April 27, 2022 -  “When we found him, his phone…

3 years ago

How to Find the Right Mental Health App

COME ON GET APPY –   April 13, 2022 - These apps claim to help with issues as varied as…

3 years ago

Phone Addiction Calling?

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? –  April 5, 2022 - The use of cell phones has become an integral part…

3 years ago

How Everyone Got So Lonely

THE PALE BLUE DOT –  April 11, 2022 - She cites many factors that have contributed to this dystopian moment—among…

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