Unprecedented verdict! Meta and YouTube lose a significant addiction case, ordered to pay out $3M to a teenager impacted by social media overuse. Will this bring about change in digital consumption? #SocialMediaAddiction #Meta #YouTube #DigitalWellbeing #CaseVerdict
https://www.squaredtech.co/meta-youtube-addiction-verdict?fsp_sid=7276
Jury Slams Meta & YouTube: $3M Addiction Verdict!

Meta and YouTube lose landmark social media addiction case. Jury orders $3M payout to harmed teen.

SquaredTech

When everyone has a platform, everyone feels the pressure

The line between private and public life has disappeared. Even modest followings can bring intense scrutiny—and it affects people more than we admit.
Our discussion with Alice E. Marwick examines how profit-driven systems distort communication and reward harmful behavior online.

Watch/listen here: https://youtu.be/6n1fQqdu5Gw

#Fediverse #DigitalWellbeing #SocialMediaCritique #TechEthics #OnlineHarassment #DataAndSociety

Resilience is often framed as something big. A breakthrough. A transformation. An epiphany.

But most of the time, it’s much smaller than that.

A pause before reacting. A slight shift in direction. A boundary that protects just enough energy to stay present.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/micro-repair-for-macro-change?r=6l8ed8

#EmotionalIntelligence #Resilience #CivicEngagement #MentalHealth #DigitalWellbeing #SystemsThinking #YouthEmpowerment #EmotionalLiteracy #InnerWork

Und die Filterliste wächst und wächst und wächst und wächst und wächst ... und wächst.
Ich werde nie allen Hass der mir begegnet, egal wie gesellschaftlich überlegen oder anerkannt er sich mimt, ausblenden können ... aber ich werde jeden Tag mein möglichstes tun um so viel auszublenden wie es geht um Social Media für mich so angenehm wie möglich zu gestalten.

#digitalwellbeing

Autodelete: what a great feature 🗑️ #Mastodon #Fediverse #DigitalWellbeing

Kennt ihr App-Timer auf Android, die die Nutzungszeit aufteilen können?

Also statt "maximal 1 Stunde pro Tag" z.B. "maximal 30 Minuten vor 12 Uhr Mittag und maximal 30 Minuten nach 12 Uhr Mittag"?

#screenTime #digitalWellbeing
#LebenMitADHS (so von wegen exekutiver Funktionen)

We are two days away from the exciting release of #GNOME 50!

We are excited by the new digital wellbeing help manage the amount of time you or someone else at home are on the computer.

Implemented by @ignapk and funded by @EndlessAccess.

#DigitalWellbeing

TikTok-Paradox der Gen Z 😬
65 % nutzen TikTok täglich.
Aber gleichzeitig sagen:
• 72 %: Inhalte wirken inszeniert und künstlich
• 43 %: Nutzung ist psychisch belastend
Viele scrollen nur noch aus Gewohnheit – und versuchen bewusst, ihre Bildschirmzeit zu reduzieren und mehr offline zu sein.
Die Generation, die Social Media geprägt hat, entdeckt gerade wieder das echte Leben.
Quelle: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/413345/gen-z-is-always-on-tiktok-but-they-dont-like-it.html#TikTok #GenZ #SocialMedia #DigitalWellbeing #Internetkultur
Gen Z Is Always On TikTok, But They Don't Like It Anymore

Consumer trust is collapsing and creators are bailing. The platform's metrics -- as reported by a Harris Poll -- should scare marketers everywhere

I recently came across this image and it sums up much of my life.

Social media addiction is real.

This article looks at how social and online media addiction has affected real people and the steps they took to break it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68218381

Personally, switching to federated, algorithmless media helped me break the cycle of needing validation through posts and the hours I lost chasing it.

#SocialMedia #DigitalWellbeing #Fediverse #MentalHealth #OnlineLife

Anyway, this pic, my life!

XD!