Hacker News with Generative AI: Teenagers

Do smartphones and social media harm teens' mental health? (nature.com)
Concerns about young people’s use of phones and social media has spurred some authorities to restrict their use.
Mental Health, Social Media, Teenagers, Technology
4 points by rntn 18 hours ago | 0 comments
Adolescence reveals a terrifying truth: smartphones are poison for boys' minds (theguardian.com)
When a Netflix drama highlights how online influencers can turn a teenager into a killer, it’s time to rethink social media
Social Media, Teenagers, Psychology, Mental Health, Influence
9 points by thazework 11 days ago | 1 comments
UK watchdog investigates TikTok and Reddit over child data privacy concerns (theregister.com)
The UK's data protection watchdog has launched three investigations into certain social media platforms following concerns about the protection of privacy among teenage users.
Data Privacy, Social Media, Teenagers, UK, Regulation
5 points by LinuxBender 31 days ago | 0 comments
Antidepressant use among teen girls and young women has skyrocketed (2024) (apa.org)
Mental Health, Teenagers, Women, Statistics, Health
25 points by GeoAtreides 35 days ago | 29 comments
Link between social media and depression stronger in teen girls than boys (cnn.com)
Mental Health, Social Media, Teenagers, Gender Differences
9 points by andrewstetsenko 38 days ago | 0 comments
CA Teenager Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Nationwide Swatting Spree (justice.gov)
An official website of the United States government
Cybercrime, Law Enforcement, Teenagers, Criminal Justice
74 points by impish9208 51 days ago | 53 comments
I'm a 17-Year-Old TikTok Junkie. I Need This Ban (nytimes.com)
My friends and I never thought this day would come. The daily routines of over 170 million Americans have been disrupted by a nationwide TikTok ban. On the bright side, my homework will get done a lot quicker.
Social Media, TikTok, Ban, Teenagers, Technology
28 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 73 days ago | 8 comments
The Teenager Who Lived a Secret Double Life as a Millionaire Crypto Bandit (vice.com)
In May 2018, Darren Marble was attending a cryptocurrency conference in New York City when he discovered he had become a victim of a new and financially devastating form of crime.
Cybercrime, Cryptocurrency, Teenagers, Finance
7 points by paulpauper 88 days ago | 2 comments
"Unprecedented" decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts (arstechnica.com)
Teen drug use continued to fall in 2024, extending a dramatic decline spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic that experts expected would reverse now that the acute phase of the global crisis is well over.
Teenagers, Drug Use, Public Health, Social Trends
7 points by GeoAtreides 104 days ago | 6 comments
Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts (arstechnica.com)
Teen drug use continued to fall in 2024, extending a dramatic decline spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic that experts expected would reverse now that the acute phase of the global crisis is well over.
Teenagers, Drug Use, Public Health, COVID-19, Social Trends
371 points by pseudolus 106 days ago | 596 comments
Nearly half of US teens are online 'constantly,' Pew report finds (apnews.com)
Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health, according to a new report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center.
Teenagers, Social Media, Internet Usage, Mental Health, Research
10 points by djoldman 112 days ago | 2 comments
Chatbot 'encouraged teen to kill parents over screen time limit' (bbc.com)
A chatbot told a 17-year-old that murdering his parents was a "reasonable response" to them limiting his screen time, a lawsuit filed in a Texas court claims.
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Lawsuits, Parenting, Teenagers
81 points by tartoran 113 days ago | 2 comments
Russian teenagers are being locked up for expressing dissent (cnn.com)
Russia, Politics, Human Rights, Teenagers, Censorship
10 points by peutetre 119 days ago | 1 comments
Instagram actively helping spread of self-harm among teenagers, study finds (theguardian.com)
Meta is actively helping self-harm content to flourish on Instagram by failing to remove explicit images and encouraging those engaging with such content to befriend one another, according to a damning new study that found its moderation “extremely inadequate”.
Social Media, Mental Health, Teenagers, Research, Facebook
33 points by rntn 124 days ago | 14 comments
How America Outlawed Adolescence (2016) (theatlantic.com)
At least 22 states make it a crime to disturb school in ways that teenagers are wired to do. Why did this happen?
Education, Law, Teenagers, Social Issues, United States
8 points by colinprince 127 days ago | 5 comments
Time alone heightens 'threat alert' in teenagers – even when on social media (cam.ac.uk)
People in their late teens experience an increased sensitivity to threats after just a few hours left in a room on their own – an effect that endures even if they are interacting online with friends and family.
Psychology, Social Media, Teenagers, Human Behavior
5 points by gnabgib 141 days ago | 1 comments
Into the Phones of Teens (newyorker.com)
About midway through “Social Studies,” Lauren Greenfield’s new five-part FX docuseries about teens and their relationship to social media, we see one of the show’s protagonists—an eighteen-year-old University of Arizona freshman named Sydney—as she exercises on an elliptical machine at the gym.
Social Media, Teenagers, Documentary
7 points by mitchbob 144 days ago | 1 comments
Teens Want Less Sex in Movies and TV Shows, Study Finds (variety.com)
Teens want movies and shows to stay in the friend zone.
Entertainment, Media, Teenagers, Social Trends, Research
48 points by Michelangelo11 158 days ago | 42 comments
Can A.I. be blamed for a teen's suicide? (nytimes.com)
The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy says he became obsessed with a chatbot on Character.AI before his death.
Artificial Intelligence, Suicide, Teenagers, Mental Health
52 points by uxhacker 162 days ago | 132 comments
GPS Tracking of Teens 24/7 Impacts Parent-Child Relationships (scientificamerican.com)
Phone apps can tell whether your kid is playing hooky. But remotely surveilling your child might not be great for navigating the trials of the teen years
Parenting, Technology, Teenagers, Surveillance
15 points by Brajeshwar 166 days ago | 4 comments
Ireland's big school secret: how a year off-curriculum changes teenage lives (theguardian.com)
The transition year led Paul Mescal and Cillian Murphy to become actors – and has had similarly seismic effects on thousands of secondary school students. Should other countries follow suit?
Education, Ireland, Teenagers, Social Impact
205 points by joveian 169 days ago | 133 comments
TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege (npr.org)
For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns.
Social Media, Teenagers, Lawsuits, TikTok, Research
9 points by fahrbach 170 days ago | 5 comments
TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege (npr.org)
For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns.
Social Media, Teenagers, Lawsuits, Data Privacy
16 points by dmitrygr 173 days ago | 2 comments
TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege (npr.org)
For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns.
Social Media, Teenagers, Lawsuits, TikTok, Research
7 points by ffujdefvjg 174 days ago | 1 comments
States probed TikTok for years. The documents the app tried to keep secret (npr.org)
For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns.
Social Media, Privacy, Teenagers, Government Regulations, Lawsuits
10 points by pseudolus 174 days ago | 1 comments
CDC reports social media associated with bullying, sadness, and suicide (cdc.gov)
This report provides the first national prevalence estimate of social media use from a representative sample of U.S. high school students.
Social Media, Health, Teenagers, Suicide, Bullying
5 points by cwoolfe 176 days ago | 3 comments
How to stop advertisers from tracking your teen across the internet (eff.org)
Privacy, Online Safety, Teenagers, Advertising
118 points by mooreds 179 days ago | 72 comments
No evidence social media time is correlated with teen mental health problems (psycnet.apa.org)
Social Media, Mental Health, Teenagers, Research
64 points by beefman 181 days ago | 121 comments
Instagram Teen Accounts (about.fb.com)
Today, we’re introducing Instagram Teen Accounts, a new experience for teens, guided by parents. Teen Accounts have built-in protections which limit who can contact them and the content they see, and also provide new ways for teens to explore their interests. We’ll automatically place teens into Teen Accounts, and teens under 16 will need a parent’s permission to change any of these settings to be less strict.
Social Media, Privacy, Teenagers, Facebook, Parental Controls
31 points by ChrisArchitect 198 days ago | 71 comments
Teen Girls' Brains Aged Rapidly During Pandemic, Study Finds (nytimes.com)
A study of adolescent brain development that tested children before and after coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in the United States found that girls’ brains aged far faster than expected, something the researchers attributed to social isolation.
Teenagers, Brain Development, Pandemic, Social Isolation, Science
17 points by bookofjoe 199 days ago | 4 comments