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An international research initiative to improve social media policies for youth well-being
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Amy Orben
7 days ago
UKgov publishes new screen time guidance for under 5s 👨🍼 <2s: Avoid screens except shared activities 👶 2-5s: Try for less than 1hr a day 📱 Choose safe, slow-paced content 🧑🧒🧒 Lead by example 🛌 Have screen-free areas/times Glad to have contributed. Parent guidance and research report linked below.
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Austria's administration decided to implement a social media ban until age 14.
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Koalition führt Social Media-Verbot bis 14 Jahre ein
Keine Klarnamenpflicht, Social Media-Verbot wird mit Lehrplanreform gekoppelt: Weniger Latein im Unterricht, dafür soll es in Schulen mehr Medienkompetenz geben
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000314388/koalition-einigt-sich-auf-social-media-verbot-altersgrenze-bei-14-jahren?ref=rss
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PROMISE at the Cambridge Festival! PhD researcher
@georgiaturner.bsky.social
recently presented her work at “Lonely Planet – Are We Experiencing a New Global Health Crisis?” (1/3)
8 days ago
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Tobias Dienlin
8 days ago
„When lawyers for Kaley told Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, that her longest single day of use stretched to 16 hours, he denied that it was evidence of an addiction. Instead, he called a teenager spending most hours of the day on Instagram "problematic".“
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial
A woman has been awarded $3m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c747x7gz249o
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Tobias Dienlin
8 days ago
„the gen. office will seek additional financial penalties & court-mandated changes to Meta’s platforms that “offer stronger protections for children” s/a moving predators from the platform, & protecting minors from encrypted comm. that shield bad actors” [abbr]
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case
New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury
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Sander van der Linden
9 days ago
Los Angeles trial verdict also just in: Meta and Google found liable for negligence and designing addictive social media features
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Georgia Turner
16 days ago
Looking forward to presenting our research on digital technology use and wellbeing at this session today, free to attend if you're in Cambridge!
www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/lonel...
@promiseproject.bsky.social
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The lonely planet: Are we experiencing a new global health crisis?
We live in an age of unprecedented digital connection – yet loneliness is rising across all stages of life. What’s driving this paradox? And what does it mean for our health, our relationships and
https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/lonely-planet-are-we-experiencing-new-global-health-crisis
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Sander van der Linden
9 days ago
Meta ordered to pay 375 million after being found liable by a jury in New Mexico in one of the child exploitation cases for misleading consumers about the safety of their platforms.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case
New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury
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Invitation to join the PROMISE Youth Advisory Board! We’re looking for young people (10–25 years old) from Austria, Estonia, Germany, Spain & the UK to contribute to research on digital well-being across Europe (1/3)
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Ursula von der Leyen
29 days ago
Today, I hosted the first meeting of a special panel on child safety online. For decades, we have made the real world safer for children and we must do the same in the digital world. The positive opportunities that technology offers cannot come at the cost of their safety, health or happiness.
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Tobias Dienlin
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Title: "Ban, Improve, or Ignore? Social Media Regulation From a Communication Research Perspective". Last week I gave my inaugural lecture at University of Zurich,
@ikmz.bsky.social
. Now online on YouTube.
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Ban, improve, or ignore? Social Media Regulation from a Communication Research Perspective
YouTube video by Prof. Dr. Tobias Dienlin
https://youtu.be/2--VGx_vQ2E
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Tobias Dienlin
about 2 months ago
Monday next week, 5 pm, I’ll deliver my UZH inaugural lecture. Title: „Ban, improve, or ignore? Social Media Regulation from a Communication Research Perspective“ The talk is open to the public: you can join either on-site or via live-stream. Details, see:
www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag...
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Aktuelle Veranstaltungen
https://www.uzh.ch/de/events/agenda.html?event=65213
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Our first issue of the PROMISE 3+3 Newsletter is out - a new way to follow our research on social media policies, and youth well-being! 1/4
2 months ago
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Tobias Dienlin
2 months ago
Today, we presented the main results of the mental health days study 2025 (N = 8.177). Results > In May 2025, Austria implemented a nationwide smartphone-ban at schools > Compared to 2024, smartphone use went down by 30 mins > Life satisfaction went up (5.36 to 5.52) > Depression sank (15% to 12%)
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Tobias Dienlin
2 months ago
Starting now: press conference where we present the Mental Health Days Study 2025. Livestream/rewatch:
www.mentalhealthdays.eu
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Happy New Year from Team PROMISE! ✨ As we step into 2026, we’re looking ahead to some key milestones. We’ll finalize our scoping review (WP1) - bringing together fragmented social media policy proposals and identifying evidence gaps across Europe and beyond. (1/3)
3 months ago
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Welcome to Bluesky,
@evaziegltrum.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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🎉 The PROMISE project now has an official website! This is where we’ll be sharing updates on our research into social media, platform design, and youth well-being - plus news, team info, and open-access outputs as they’re released. 🔗
promiseproject.univie.ac.at
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Garvin Brod
4 months ago
Curious about how smartphones shape children’s development? We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for 3(+2) years for a cutting-edge randomized controlled trial conducted in collaboration with
@orbenamy.bsky.social
and her team.
iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jo...
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IWM Tübingen
Post-Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
https://iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jobs/1023-2025
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Georgia Turner
4 months ago
In the 2020 Election Project, Meta collaborated w/ academics to study how FB impacts elections. ⬇️
@aanixel.bsky.social
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& I argue that such research collaborations, w/ clear conflicts of interest, should be regulated. Would love to hear thoughts!💬
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies | PNAS
We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501819122
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We just wrapped an energizing 2-day workshop in Nuremberg - the first in-person meeting of the full PROMISE team! Hosted by our colleagues at Friedrich-Alexander University, the meetup marked a first milestone in our 3-year international project. (1/4)
4 months ago
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Starting our first workshop on theory with a view …
4 months ago
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🚨 Big news from Brussels: The
@europarl.europa.eu
has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for a minimum age of 16 for access to social media:
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
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Children should be at least 16 to access social media, say MEPs | News | European Parliament
MEPs are calling for ambitious EU action to protect minors online, including an EU-wide minimum age of 16 and bans on the most harmful addictive practices.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20251120IPR31496/children-should-be-at-least-16-to-access-social-media-say-meps
4 months ago
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This week, PROMISE outreach and policy impact coordinator Jen Adams from the Comms Policy Collaborative, attended
#MozFest2025
where this year's theme was 'unlearning'. (1/3)
5 months ago
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PROMISE is a collaborative initiative. Together with our partners, we are: - Connecting researchers, youth, policymakers, and civil society,
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How can we contribute to social media policies that truly protect and empower young people? Our five Work Packages (WP) form the backbone of our research:
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The PROMISE research initiative: where youth, well-being, policy, and data intersect. We study how social media policies can protect, empower, and support youth in today’s digital world.
#PROMISEproject
6 months ago
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On World Mental Health Day we’re launching PROMISE, a research project exploring youth well-being and social media policies. We aim to understand how these policies affect young people online and develop data-driven recommendations to support their well-being.
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