The Register: Meta’s latest AI improves its terrible content moderation, just a little . “Meta has revealed it’s tested using AI for content moderation chores and found it does better than humans. The social networking giant on Thursday announced it has started a global rollout for its Meta AI support, a tool that handles tasks like password resets, reporting dodgy content, explaining […]

Social media bans and digital curfews to be trialled on UK teenagers

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn89g3ngkyzo

#HackerNews #SocialMediaBans #DigitalCurfews #Teenagers #UKNews #OnlineSafety

Human rights chief warns against banning social media for kids | POLITICO

It turns out that kids are people too.

Whoda thunk it?

https://www.politico.eu/article/michael-oflaherty-human-rights-council-of-europe-children-social-media-ban/

Via

https://twitter.com/POLITICOEurope/status/2036423223370199092

Internet subcultures: doomers and zoomers

https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-doomers-and-zoomers/

#doomers #zoomers #economy #cyberpsychology #psychology #onlineBehaviour #humanBehaviour #onlineSafety #behaviouralStudies #socialMedia #onlineForums #identity #negativepid

Age-Verification and the World Before Social Media

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/24/age-verification-and-the-world-before-social-media/

The Register: Time to end the ‘uncontrolled experiment’ of social media on kids, scientists say. “There is enough evidence going back far enough that it’s reasonable to conclude social media platforms are responsible for population-level mental health harms. Social psychologists and social media analysts Jonathan Haidt and Zachary Rausch from New York University’s Stern School of Business […]

NPR: New Mexico jury says Meta harms children’s mental health and safety, violating state law. “A New Mexico jury decided Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms, a verdict that signals a changing tide against tech companies and the government’s willingness to crack down.”