For your listen-list! Had a great conversation with @jordosh.bsky.social and Laura Higgins on the @cooneycenter.bsky.social #IntoTheDigitalFuture podcast. Wide-ranging chat about kids and generative AI, why school cellphone bans are complicated and why we need to think beyond screentime.

They took down the entire corpus of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (a gold standard survey that helps us understand many things about US adolescents) because it asked a single question about transgender identity. The depth of the attempts at erasure are staggering as well as intensely wasteful.

More fascinating data from our new research: US adolescents strongly support management of gen AI - including reminders not to share private data, compensation for creators, warnings about bias & inaccuracy in outputs and labeling of AI-generated content. www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/defaul...

Some important data from the new Common Sense report - young people have many confirmed or suspected experiences with fake or misleading content, and social media/chat bots.

Pleased to see Common Sense has released a report I co-authored with my former colleagues on the impact of experiences with misleading or fake online information among teens and how those experiences can diminish broader trust in online information. www.commonsensemedia.org/research/res...

As we work with our reporters across the country to sort through the latest executive orders, it’s a reminder of just how far-reaching the work of colleges and universities are in their communities — and how federal funds touch so many parts of society. www.linkedin.com/posts/sara-h...

Thrilled that @jennydeluxe.bsky.social reviewed @meredithdclark.bsky.social ‘s book on Black Twitter for the NYT- perfect marriage of reviewer and topic (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/b...

Things are about to get _interesting_. Heard a panel of youth yesterday speculate about what they’d do if TT was banned. Some thought they’d spend more time directly interacting with others. Some figured they’d swap in more Snap time, or Reels or Shorts. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

The research I did at @datasociety.bsky.social on online harassment absolutely supports her statements about the silencing of voices that happens in spaces with so-called unfettered online speech. datasociety.net/library/onli...

Super proud of today's launch of the Youth Mental Health Tracker. As an advisor to the project, I love the mix of needed new youth mental health data, methods innovation, and online access to the data that allows anyone to explore data by geography & demographics. www.trackyouthmentalhealth.com

Fascinating new piece in @us.theconversation.com about the challenges of blanket tech bans for youth by highlighting the case study of China and it's strict limits on minors' game play and social media use. theconversation.com/china-restri...

As an advisory board member of the Youth Mental Health Tracker project, I’ve had the privilege of working closely with @SurgoHealth to develop this groundbreaking tool, and I’m thrilled to see its launch this December! Please join a virtual expert roundtable launching the project on Dec 11!

Some personal news: My last official day at Common Sense was Dec 1, though I am remaining on as a Senior Advisor. I am currently hatching some new plans, but I am also interested hearing about new things in the kids and tech space as I get these new ventures up and running.

Well, this could hardly be more timely (and is very carefully written): Ten Myths About the Effect of Social Media Use on Well-Being by Jeffrey A Hall doi.org/10.2196/59585

Teen smartphone owners get on average 237 notifications a day. The WIRED video @merylalper.bsky.social shared below does a great job digging into the history of notifications and why they’re so challenging to manage for adults and youth.

I have had a busy year of research releases in my role at Common Sense Media and so, as a way of introducing myself to Bluesky :), I'm going to share a recap of this year's highlights.

Finally made the jump to Bluesky. I see my tech privacy folks, the mis and disinfo folks, but where are my youth and tech folks? Anyone else here yet?

🚨NEW REPORT🚨: Child Online Safety Legislation: A Primer - We break down intl, state, & federal legislation like KOSA - Will they improve youth mental health? VERY unclear - They WILL require widespread age-gating & harm marginalized ppl citap.pubpub.org/pub/cosl/