NetFamilyNews.org https://www.netfamilynews.org/ Kid tech intel for everybody Wed, 09 Oct 2024 21:40:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.netfamilynews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.png NetFamilyNews.org https://www.netfamilynews.org/ 32 32 88030094 Safety by co-design: How we can take youth online safety to the next level https://www.netfamilynews.org/safety-by-co-design-how-we-can-take-youth-online-safety-to-the-next-level?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=safety-by-co-design-how-we-can-take-youth-online-safety-to-the-next-level https://www.netfamilynews.org/safety-by-co-design-how-we-can-take-youth-online-safety-to-the-next-level#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2024 22:53:01 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37701 Six years ago Prof. Gillian Hadfield at the University of Toronto wrote in QZ.com, “What we don’t hear nearly enough is the call to invent the future of regulation.” It seemed the insanely fast development pace of multiple kinds of tech was becoming almost too hot for regulators to touch. Hadfield proposed “super-regulation,” which she […]

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]]> https://www.netfamilynews.org/safety-by-co-design-how-we-can-take-youth-online-safety-to-the-next-level/feed 2 37701 Much-less-social media on Facebook’s 20th birthday https://www.netfamilynews.org/much-less-social-media-on-facebooks-20th-birthday?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=much-less-social-media-on-facebooks-20th-birthday https://www.netfamilynews.org/much-less-social-media-on-facebooks-20th-birthday#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2024 21:19:28 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37681 Facebook turns 20 today, but the platform is nothing like what it was in 2004 – or, more comparably, in 2008, when it overtook MySpace, it was open to all (not just uni students) and it had the reputation of being a “safe space,” Forbes reports, because everyone had to sign up with their real […]

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]]> https://www.netfamilynews.org/much-less-social-media-on-facebooks-20th-birthday/feed 2 37681 What child online safety really needs, senators https://www.netfamilynews.org/what-child-online-safety-really-needs-senators?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-child-online-safety-really-needs-senators https://www.netfamilynews.org/what-child-online-safety-really-needs-senators#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:14:17 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37677 It was the 2024 version of public shaming – relentless on-camera questioning designed to send a message rather than hear answers. It seemed the lawmakers already had their answers. I get their frustration that… social media platforms can’t just “install” the digital version of car seats and seat belts or create product labeling like on […]

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]]> https://www.netfamilynews.org/what-child-online-safety-really-needs-senators/feed 15 37677 Welcome to 2024! https://www.netfamilynews.org/welcome-to-2024?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome-to-2024 https://www.netfamilynews.org/welcome-to-2024#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 04:42:23 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37673 Happy New Year, dear readers! It was quite a year last year, eh? I’m sure that, like me, many of you are glad to move on. More on what we’re moving into in a moment, but first let’s use one of the biggest news stories (not just tech stories) of 2023 – generative AI – […]

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]]> https://www.netfamilynews.org/welcome-to-2024/feed 1 37673 Supporting the youngest witnesses of this humanitarian crisis https://www.netfamilynews.org/supporting-the-youngest-witnesses-of-this-humanitarian-crisis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supporting-the-youngest-witnesses-of-this-humanitarian-crisis https://www.netfamilynews.org/supporting-the-youngest-witnesses-of-this-humanitarian-crisis#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:36:04 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37657 Sometimes we parents feel so helpless when our children come to us hurting as much as us when they see something awful happening in the world. In her email letter to our community, my friend, colleague and fellow parent Michelle Lipkin wrote, when her 19-year-old daughter asked her to explain what’s going on, “I tried […]

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]]> https://www.netfamilynews.org/supporting-the-youngest-witnesses-of-this-humanitarian-crisis/feed 2 37657 Should our kids learn how to use generative AI? Well… https://www.netfamilynews.org/should-our-kids-learn-how-to-use-generative-ai-well?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-our-kids-learn-how-to-use-generative-ai-well https://www.netfamilynews.org/should-our-kids-learn-how-to-use-generative-ai-well#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2023 17:29:13 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37654 A teacher in an international school in Panama asks her students to critique essays “written” by ChatGPT, while others have their students fact-check AI material, according to Time. University of Pennsylvania professor Ethan Mollick requires his students to use generative AI while holding them accountable for the information in whatever they produce with it. These […]

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]]> https://www.netfamilynews.org/should-our-kids-learn-how-to-use-generative-ai-well/feed 2 37654 The missing piece in US child online safety law https://www.netfamilynews.org/the-missing-piece-in-us-child-online-safety-law?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-missing-piece-in-us-child-online-safety-law https://www.netfamilynews.org/the-missing-piece-in-us-child-online-safety-law#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:49:48 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37643 US kids and parents need a toll-free number to call or text for help in getting harmful online content taken down. After studying various kinds of help like this that youth and parents in Europe, the UK, Australia and New Zealand have, we at The Net Safety Collaborative piloted a proof of concept for this […]

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]]> https://www.netfamilynews.org/the-missing-piece-in-us-child-online-safety-law/feed 4 37643 Generative AI: July 2023 freeze frame https://www.netfamilynews.org/generative-ai-july-2023-freeze-frame?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generative-ai-july-2023-freeze-frame https://www.netfamilynews.org/generative-ai-july-2023-freeze-frame#comments Sat, 29 Jul 2023 21:28:45 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37636 It’s feeling like I need a large language model brain to write about safety with large language models. [I certify that I only wish I had such a brain, and I am a human.] So let’s freeze the film for a moment and see where we humans are with generative AI safety. First, so that […]

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]]> https://www.netfamilynews.org/generative-ai-july-2023-freeze-frame/feed 7 37636 Threads: The new social media kid https://www.netfamilynews.org/threads-the-new-social-media-kid?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=threads-the-new-social-media-kid https://www.netfamilynews.org/threads-the-new-social-media-kid#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2023 22:30:25 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37632 “Picture Twitter but with a lot less Elon Musk” is how the Wall Street Journal is describing Threads, Meta’s new app. That right there is good news, maybe unusual where tech is concerned. I’ll give you a list of reasons in a moment, but first it’s only fair to state (or rather link to) my […]

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]]> https://www.netfamilynews.org/threads-the-new-social-media-kid/feed 2 37632 Surgeon general’s advisory: Let’s take stock https://www.netfamilynews.org/surgeon-generals-advisory-lets-take-stock?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surgeon-generals-advisory-lets-take-stock https://www.netfamilynews.org/surgeon-generals-advisory-lets-take-stock#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:31:30 +0000 https://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=37626 US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy advises that “we are experiencing a youth mental health crisis.” Based on the data, there’s no question about that. Where there is a question is whether tech and media are the cause. Some scholars simply assert they are (see the sidebar below), but neither the surgeon general nor the American […]

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