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📺 What if my Child is Using a VPN?
A VPN masks online activities: you need to ask why your child is using it.

📌 Phone scams are a common way to con people out of their money
Some of the most common phone scams and what you can do to stay safe.

📌 "Doomscrolling": Online safety guidance for parents
Doomscrolling is when a person is caught in a continuous cycle of reading negative news online.

📌 What parents need to tell their kids about explicit deepfakes
An important and unavoidable conversation

📌 You need to talk to your kid about AI
MIT's suggested six points to make to children about AI

📌 AI-generated slop is quietly conquering the internet
3 experts discuss what the rise of low-quality content may mean for journalism and public discourse

📌 ID fraud is on the rise – how to stay safe
Over 214,000 cases filed to National Fraud Database between Jan/June 24 – 15% increase over period in 2023.

📌 If you fall victim to a bank transfer scam
"Which" magazine (Consumers Association) advice

📌 Google's AI chatbot tells user "please die" and "you are a waste of time and resources"
Gemini is supposed to have restrictions that stop it from encouraging or enabling dangerous activities, including suicide

📌 Why are doctors wary of wearables?
Many doctors – and tech experts – remain cautious about using health data captured by wearables.

📌 AI chatbot suggested a teen kill his parents, lawsuit claims
Character.AI is accused of posing a threat to children and their families.

📺 Why more people are turning to artificial intelligence for companionship
AI "companions" raise ethical questions; The report incorporates one user's experience

🌍 Smartphone Free Childhood
A community of parents working to change the culture around kids and smartphones

📺 Can you stop teens from using TikTok? Australia is trying
Australia passed a law Nov. 28 banning children under 16 from using social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat. Whether it can be enforced remains in question

📺 Bloomberg Big Take: What Happens When Your School Thinks AI Helped You Cheat
The detection tools flag false positives roughly 2% of the time; autistic and non-native English speakers may be especially vulnerable

📺 Mothers Against Media Addiction
American grassroots movement fighting media addiction, and smartphone usage, among children

📌 Teenage social media use strongly linked to anxiety and depression
Oxford university research comes as number of children treated by NHS mental health services surges

📌 Youth depression driven by internet addiction, say researchers
Includes advice on preventing depression

📌 How to spot and avoid “Hi Mum” message scams
A “hi mum” message scam works by tricking the victim into thinking they’ve been contacted by the child

📌 AI chatbot pushed teen to kill himself, lawsuit alleges 😧😧
Sewell Setzer told the bot he was "coming home"’ — and it encouraged him to do so, the lawsuit says.