It's already difficult to track what kids are doing online these days, but Congress is currently in the process of regulating it.
Lawmakers gathered enough signatures to pass the bill in the U.S. Senate in February. bipartisan bill It would regulate children's use of social media. They argue that the platform can have a negative impact on teens' mental health.
According to a long-term study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, increasing rate of teenage students are feeling hopeless. Dana Boyd, a Microsoft researcher and visiting professor at Georgetown University, believes technology is not the real problem and that regulating social media could do more harm than good.
Boyd joined Stephen Henderson created equally Monday explores how societies have responded to new technology throughout history and discusses why Boyd believes the real problem isn't cell phone screens.
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dana boyd I am a technology researcher at Microsoft Research.. She says that while we often treat the internet in broad strokes, its benefits and risks are actually much more nuanced.
“One of the things we do with the Internet is polarize it, which means, 'Everything is good, everything is bad.' That's not true. It's messed up, it's mixed. ” she said.
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