Personal Digest: Parents vs. Platforms: a legal reckoning
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Families are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube — They allege platform design harmed teens and contributed to suicides, creating a high-stakes legal front in parenting of the digital age.
| ParentingFrom lawsuits to chatbots: parenting in the era of algorithms and surveillance Social Media (google.com) · Artificial Intelligence (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) · Online safety (cbs6albany.com) |
 | Mental HealthCourts, clinics and psychedelics reshape the mental-health battleground School Counselor (tribuneindia.com) · Suicide (mlive.com) · Psilocybin (psypost.org) |
 | NeuroscienceOne neuron, three jobs — and a fresh way to scrub Alzheimer’s plaques Neurons (scitechdaily.com) · Alzheimers (futura-sciences.com) |
 | PsychologyLet kids play — unstructured fun builds resilience and creativity |
 | Emotional intelligenceLeadership, screens and play: emotional smarts are suddenly non-negotiable Leadership (katakenya.org) · Mental Health (bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com) · Child Development (ctinsider.com) |
 | EducationAI scribes spark a pedagogy tug-of-war as India leans into project learning Artificial Intelligence (statnews.com) · Pedagogy (educationtimes.com) |
 | TraumaEnforcement, childhood wounds leave lasting ripples in development Child Development (thefulcrum.us) · Psychological Trauma (fcbayern.com) |
 | Trauma-informed careTrauma-aware practice stretches from parents to first responders Parenting (rswebsols.com) · Emergency Management (vocal.media) · Child Abuse (news.sbs.co.kr) |
 | Chronic illnessCML research aims to free patients from lifelong meds |