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How Gen Z uses the internet to self diagnose and get help

Mashable Tech

SEE ALSO: Why teens are telling strangers their secrets online In fact, of the 970 people between ages of 13 and 28 surveyed for the Made of Millions report, 431 of them were in some phase of what the researchers described as a mental health "journey." But the internet also became risky at times.

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Larry Swiader, Senior Director of Digital Media at The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. According to this Mashable study , Pinterest actually drives more traffic to publishers than Twitter, LinkedIn and Reddit combined. David Almacy, Senior Vice President at Edelman.

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Apple’s controversial new child protection features, explained

The Verge

The final new feature scans iCloud Photos images to find child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, and reports it to Apple moderators — who can pass it on to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, or NCMEC. Apple says it’s designed this feature specifically to protect user privacy while finding illegal content. Not at all.

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Sri Lanka’s cannabis-seekers are gathering on Facebook

The Verge

Cannabis has a complicated history in the island nation. So as a teen, I was the first to report my classmates if they smoked ganja,” said Buwanka, who only wanted to reveal his first name. While his customers come from all walks of life, Dinesh said that most of them are teens. Plus my boyfriend works in the police. It’s cheap.

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TikTok is having a monster 2020

The Verge

Today felt like an unusual lull in the intersection of our many unfolding national and global crises, and so I thought I’d take the opportunity to write about something different — a subject that, despite all my best efforts, I keep getting crushingly wrong. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Two, TikTok keeps finding new users.

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The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis

The Verge

Of even greater concern, though, is the speed and scale at which the attack unfolded — and the national security concerns it raises, which are profound. The National Weather Service in Lincoln, IL, for example, had just tweeted a tornado warning before suddenly going dark. And at press time, we don’t know. Mary Hui / Quartz ).

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How tech companies are fighting antitrust efforts with front groups

The Verge

In this year’s Verge Tech Survey , a national poll found that 72 percent of respondents believe Facebook has too much power, and 56 percent said the government should break up tech companies if they control too much of the economy. Reddit named Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel to its board of directors. Corinne Reichert / CNET).

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