The Verge

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Instagram will introduce new measures to nudge teenagers away from harmful content and encourage them to “take a break,” from the platform, Facebook vice president of global affairs Nick Clegg said on Sunday. Instagram to introduce new features to nudge teams away from harmful content | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JANUARY 5, 2021

Five days into the new year, and TikTok’s hottest 2021 trend is teens using enterprise software to go viral. As if the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t already blurred the lines between work and home enough, students and teens are going viral on TikTok after making Notion boards that mimic teen Tumblr feeds.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

They’re busy retweeting, posting, sharing, pinning, and blogging on an array of social media websites and platforms across the Internet. But what social platform are they on the most? How do they use one platform over another? And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true?

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Raychoudhury ignores many of the issues raised in the WSJ piece, including that teens claimed they felt addicted to Instagram. That would be a paltry sample size by any measure — but particularly when you’re talking about a platform with over 1 billion users. Instead she focuses her energies on devaluing Facebook’s own research.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Step , a mobile banking service aimed at teens , announced this morning it has raised $50 million in Series B funding after growing to over 500,000 users only two months after its official launch. The app, meanwhile, also serves as a peer-to-peer (P2P) platform so they can send money to friends, similar to Apple Pay or Venmo.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

For the price of a cup of coffee, your teen can learn how to invest in cryptocurrency. Today, Stack released what CEO Will Rush says is “the first crypto education and trading app for teens and their parents.”. And, when teen users reach 18 years old, the assets transfer into their name. Stack banks $2.7M

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2014

In December, we discussed some of the latest social media stats and trends , especially as those trends highlight changing demographics on various social media platforms like Facebook. Here are a few posts to get you thinking about platforms you may not yet be using: A Primer on Social Media Demographics in 2013 from Business Insider.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

TikTok is a social media platform that allows users to generate 15-second videos and host live streams. At one point, Vine was the hot video-sharing platform of the moment, but it fizzled out over time. TikTok Videos: Not Just for Dancing Teens. What is TikTok? TikTok’s Rise to the Top. The majority of U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2024

Meta is going to automatically limit the type of content that teen Instagram and Facebook accounts can see on the platforms, the company announced on Tuesday. These accounts will automatically be restricted from seeing harmful content, such as posts about self-harm, graphic violence and eating disorders.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Copper Banking , a digital banking service aimed at teens, announced today it has raised a total of $13.3 Raise, a youth-oriented crowdfunding platform that has raised over $90 million in venture funding. We worked with millions of teens and parents in our previous company,” Behringer told TechCrunch. million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Equally, teens are going through a stage in life where almost every social interaction seems to carry portent of some kind of other. This would explain in part why apps like SendIt, NGL, and Nocapp (some are Snapchat connected tools) took off as ways for teens to anonymously comment on each other. Just ask Snapchat.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Pinterest today introduced a series of new safety features aimed at better protecting teens using its service. The features — which include things like private profiles, more control over followers and message safety controls — are similar to those introduced on other popular social media platforms with teens, like Instagram.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Joe Mathewson is cofounder of learning platform Firefly, working with nearly 300 schools around the world. The movie “The Social Network” introduced the general public to how many entrepreneurs start young – building multi-billion-dollar businesses while still at university.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2022

The most read story this week is on a Pew study that suggests this generation of teens has largely abandoned the platform in favor of Instagram/YouTube/TikTok/etc.; whereas in 2014 around 71% of teens used Facebook, the study says in 2022 that number has dropped down to 32%. other stuff.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Promotion is critical if youre looking for ways to secure teen volunteers. Group teen volunteers together so they can socialize in their circles. Virtual challenges and campaigns allow them to make an impact from anywhere, using platforms they already love. Leverage digital tools to make the experience seamless.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

They predicted that, if “increasingly fewer teens are choosing Facebook as they grow older,” the company would face a more “severe” decline in young users than it already projected. And while Instagram remains incredibly popular with teens, Facebook’s own data shows that they are starting to engage with the app less. Declining numbers.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

This is the vision behind a new language learning platform that recently launched. According to a recent survey performed by the research platform AtomRadar for Fast Company , 43% of participants have tried to learn a foreign language by watching TV shows or movies. markets its platform as a way to learn the language through immersion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 4, 2009

FreshBrain is focused on an important problem - filling the gap in the education that our teens receive, specifically in the area of 21st Century Skills. Their website, freshBrain.org , provides a social networking based platform where teens can innovate, create and share using a variety of technologies.

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TechSpot

APRIL 5, 2024

However, Roblox Studio boss Stefano Corazza says the platform stands wrongly accused. A not-so-insignificant portion of these players are teenagers or even younger children, leading to child exploitation accusations. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Eventually the startup wishes to provide a range of services and serve as a neobank for youngsters to retain them with the platform forever, he said, though he didn’t wish to share currently what those services might be. Teens represent the “most tech-savvy generation, as they haven’t seen a world without the internet,” he said.

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TechSpot

MAY 9, 2023

Teens have been moving away from Facebook in favor of other social media sites for years. It was happening as far back as 2014 when Instagram started becoming more popular among that demographic. Insta and Snap proved bigger draws in 2017, and the most recent survey (2022) found that Facebook. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

I still look back on all the time that I spent as a teen, crushed by stigma and afraid to talk about mental health with my friends and family,” says the Stanford grad. As Gilligan describes it, Somethings is a youth-specific wellness platform that connects teenagers with trained mentors between the ages of 19 and 26 for asynchronous help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. billion in 2013 and nonprofit fundraisers using crowdfunding platforms and techniques continues to explode (according to this infographic from Craig Newmark). Crowdfunding in general has raised more than 5.1 Look out world! Fundraising'

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Despite the fact that TikTok now has over 1 billion users, public health researchers know very little about the health effects it might be having on the platform’s (mostly young) users. That’s concerning, because researchers know social media platforms can be harmful , especially to the health of some groups of teens and adolescents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

We are looking for examples of youth blogging projects, i.e., cases where the organization encouraged, supported, and/or facilitated the teens in blogging (presumably as part of the organization's mission and goals, e.g., to help youth learn leadership skills, literacy skills, build community, etc.). I thought I'd start with you.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Meta-owned company hasn’t — and probably won’t — officially disclosed these numbers, as it has spent the last several months under scrutiny for potentially causing harm to kids and teens. The last time Instagram publicly announced the size of its userbase was back in 2018 when the platform revealed that it had 1 billion users.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) announced this week that it's collaborating with a few online platforms on a tool to help teens and others stop their intimate pictures from being shared. The measure intends to take a more preventative approach versus typical reporting systems. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Just as Facebook’s Antigone Davis was live on CNBC defending the company over a whistleblower’s accusations and its handling of research data suggesting Instagram is harmful to teens , the company’s entire network of services suddenly went offline. A peek at Down Detector (or your Twitter feed) reveals the problems are widespread.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Instagram announced a bunch of updates to its platform in a move to make it safer for teenagers.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Reddit announced that it has acquired short video platform Dubsmash. Dubsmash will retain its own platform and brand, and Reddit will integrate its video creation tools. In 2017 it began transforming itself into a social platform and moved its headquarters from Berlin to Brooklyn. The deal’s terms were undisclosed.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A group of state attorneys general has announced an investigation into “the techniques utilized by Meta to increase the frequency and duration of engagement” of children and teens on Instagram and the negative effects that may cause ( via The Wall Street Journal ).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

Startups pitching: 1 – TeenUP : learning video platform teens-2-teens to unlock the teenagers’ potential and personality @TeenUP12. 7 – Itgen : an online edu platform for 1-1 live tutoring for kids from 8 to 16 years old @itgenik. And you can join the startup pitches on Clubhouse here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Wholesum , a Seoul-based e-commerce aggregator, is jumping on the trend of larger firms buying up third-party merchants that would usually sell on e-commerce platforms like Amazon and eBay. “The pandemic and maturing e-commerce platforms inspired the creation of 10,000 new independent brands per month in Korea,” said Joo.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Today’s children and teens want more power and control over their spending. The New York-based company’s banking platform is designed to encourage “open and honest” discussions between parents and their kids. Till Financial describes itself as a collaborative family financial tool that aims to empower kids to become smarter spenders.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

Instagram’s current policy bars children under 13 from the platform. Its Community Product Group will focus on privacy and safety issues “to ensure the safest possible experience for teens,” Shah wrote in the post. It’s one of the things we’re exploring.” TikTok precursor Musical.ly was fined $5.7

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A “social branding” app for creative teens and twenty-somethings, Tagg is announcing a $2 million seed round today from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Facebook’s former VP of International Growth Ed Baker, TripAdvisor founder Stephen Kaufer, Pillar VC and more. Image Credits: Tagg. Image Credits: Tagg.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

They can also tap the “Play This Song” link to listen to the full song on other streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and SoundCloud. Overall, Snap is late to bringing music to its platform. If a person receives a snap with sounds, they can swipe up to view the album art, song title, and name of the artist.

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