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Facebook says Instagram is not ‘toxic for teens,’ despite damning WSJ report

The Verge

On September 14 The Wall Street Journa l published a story to The Facebook Files, which is a series of stories based around an enormous cache of internal Facebook documents leaked to the newspaper. Raychoudhury ignores many of the issues raised in the WSJ piece, including that teens claimed they felt addicted to Instagram.

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Tuck shop 2.0: How to promote positive entrepreneurship skills for teens

The Next Web

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

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The Science of Nonprofit Video Engagement: How To Use Emotion to Increase Social Sharing

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Emotional stories of beneficiaries. But if you tell a story that makes viewers feel afraid or sad, expect more comments than shares. Think about a story that your nonprofit can tell about one of your beneficiaries. Now consider all of the different ways you could tell that story, including narrative voice, structure and imagery.

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Providence Public Library: “A Most Democratic Insitution”

DipJar

Ah, public libraries! A recent conversation with Erica Busillo Adams of Providence Public Library is a perfect case in point! Providence Public Library first opened to the public in 1878. Unlike many public libraries, Providence Public Library is a private 501(c)(3) that is chartered as a free public library.

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This is Facebook’s internal research on the mental health effects of Instagram

The Verge

The Wall Street Journal reported that the files showed Instagram knew the social media network has a negative affect on teens’ mental health. Facebook has pushed back on the WSJ’s characterizations of its research, saying that “it is simply not accurate that this research demonstrates Instagram is ‘toxic’ for teen girls.”.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

To kick off our new success stories. section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. The challenge was that organizations had to tell their story with very few words – under 1,000 characters to be exact.

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It’s time to study the health impacts of TikTok, researchers say

The Verge

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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