Digital Trends

JANUARY 17, 2022

Instagram has a not-so-secret drug market tearing apart teens. It needs to fix it.

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TechSpot

APRIL 10, 2025

According to the latest survey by American investment bank Piper Sandler, 88 percent of US teens own an iPhone, and 25 percent plan to upgrade to the upcoming iPhone 17 before the end of the year. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

APRIL 14, 2022

Financial firm Piper Sandler's biannual Gen Z research project (via Fast Company) surveyed 7,100 teens about multiple subjects, including "the metaverse." While 50% admitted to having little or no intention of buying a VR device to access the virtual space, 26% said they already own such a device, and 9%.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 12, 2021

TikTok is doing more to protect the safety of teens on its platform with a new set of changes for kids aged 13-17.

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TechSpot

MAY 9, 2024

The think tank recently surveyed 1,423 US teens between the ages of 13 and 17 about their video game habits, and came away with some interesting findings. Read Entire Article

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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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TechSpot

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Investment bank Piper Sandler's 46th semi-annual Generation Z survey of 9,193 US teens (via CNBC) shows that participants spend 29.1% of their daily video consumption time on YouTube. Netflix was a close second at 28.7%. The Google-owned service took its first-ever lead thanks to a small rise since the Spring. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

OCTOBER 10, 2021

He added that in addition to pausing plans for an Instagram Kids platform and giving parents optional controls to supervise teens, the company planned to introduce a feature “called ‘take a break,’ where we will be prompting teens to just simply take a break from using Instagram.”. Clegg didn’t provide a timeline for either feature.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer. There are also health benefits for those who start volunteering much earlier in life. Changing demographics The number of U.S. Changing demographics The number of U.S.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

C2C has also created a program specifically for teens, called the Teen Leadership Corps, which offers not only hands-on service opportunities but the chance to learn real-world leadership skills, according to Margherio. C2C accepts volunteers as young as age 5. Elevate top volunteers.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Now, Alphabet is aiming to provide a higher level of "mutual" control over how teens express themselves. The video-sharing platform has previously been fined for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MARCH 16, 2021

To protect teens from unwanted contact from someone much older, any adult that tries to DM a person under 18 who isn't a follower will receive a notification informing them the action isn't possible. Much like owner Facebook, the minimum age requirement for Instagram account holders is 13.

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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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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. The tiny study was “designed to inform internal conversations about teens’ most negative perceptions of Instagram,” Raychoudhury claims. Raychoudhury specifically cites that hearing as the reason for the post.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

As one slide from an internal Facebook presentation put it: “We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.” (The Teens told Facebook’s researchers that they felt “addicted” to Instagram and wanted to check it less often, but didn’t have the self-control to rein in their usage.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Victims of such exploitation often believe they are messaging with another teen and eventually share a graphic or explicit image of themselves. In October 2024, the Meta social media platform Instagram launched its own campaign against sextortion, along with tools to help teen victims.

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Engadget

MARCH 25, 2025

This time, however, Meta is enlisting school officials directly in an effort to speed up its response to safety issues affecting young teens. But while these features can help teens avoid certain types of negative interactions, they still required teens (or their parents) to tweak their settings.

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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. Step offers teens $3 (it used to be just $1) for every friend that signs up under their referral.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2021

SparkRx is a self-guided therapy program for teens run entirely on a phone. . SparkRx, which is designed to help teens manage depression, is the company’s first product to be clinically evaluated. The app encourages teens to take note of their feelings, and schedule activities that leave them feeling better. .

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Digital Trends

JULY 21, 2022

A new threat has emerged in Beacon Hills, forcing Scott McCall into action in the teaser trailer for Teen Wolf: The Movie.

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The Verge

MAY 24, 2021

TikTok gets even more brand promotion, while Sirius now has something to market to teens. Right now, the company’s most prominent deal is with Howard Stern, someone many teens likely haven’t tuned in to hear. The partnership really seems to mutually benefit both companies.

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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 We worked with millions of teens and parents in our previous company,” Behringer told TechCrunch. The result, Behringer adds, is fewer fees for its teen customers. million in seed funding. The pair attribute Snap!

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The Wall Street Journal ’s reporting reveals Facebook’s leadership to be focused on a growth-at-all-costs mindset that valued profits over the health and lives of children and teens,” the lawmakers said. trillion budget reconciliation seeking to address tech’s effects on teens. Facebook is lying about how their product harms teens.”.

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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

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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Wild Apricot

APRIL 20, 2021

First launched in 2017 as a short-form video sharing app used mostly by teens, TikTok has exploded in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. As people look for entertainment and connection during long periods of lockdown, the hilarity, quirkiness.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

According to the social media giant's own internal research, the photo- and video-sharing app makes body image issues worse for one in three teen girls. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published a damning report that claimed Facebook was aware of just how damaging Instagram can be to teenagers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2022

And we closed with notes on Copper and Step and the ethics of teens investing in crypto. From there it was time to talk layoffs at Robinhood and other companies, focused around how some companies that did well in the pandemic are now suffering from what could be described as at least a hangover. Views vary ! Equity is back Monday!

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TechSpot

JANUARY 12, 2022

Nineteen-year-old IT security specialist David Columbo reported in a Twitter thread Monday and Tuesday that he gained complete control of over 25 Teslas in 13 countries without their owners knowing. He doesn’t want to disclose exactly how he did it until he reports the vulnerability to the non-profit Mitre.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

National Campaign to Prevent Teen. Gates Foundation. gatesfoundation.org. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Glaad). glaad.org. Heifer International. heifer.org. and Unplanned Pregnancy. thenationalcampaign.org. Nature Conservancy. nature.org. Oxfam America. oxfamamerica.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true? 76% of Tumblr and 74% of Instagram users are teens. Marketers from the nonprofit sector and the for-profit sector alike are attempting to harness the power of social media to connect with these audiences.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Step , the digital banking service aimed at teens and endorsed by TikTok star Charli D’Amelio, announced this morning the close of a $100 million round of Series C funding after growing to more than 1.5 million users just six months after launch. The app also offers Venmo-like functionality for sending money to friends.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 20, 2025

Shortly after 1 am on Sunday, police officers with the City of Fond du Lac responded to reports of a fire at 525 N. Peters Avenue. Read Entire Article

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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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Engadget

APRIL 17, 2025

Teen Safety Assist , also introduced in 2023, added automatic content filters and a new warning system for people who violate the apps guidelines. In 2025, Discord launched a nonprofit coalition called Roost with the express purpose of developing open-source child safety tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2014

Here’s Where Teens are Going Instead of Facebook from Forbes. Like last time, I mentioned that I’d share some blog posts and data for those that want to dive in deeper to this conversation. Instagram, Vine, and the Evolution of Social Media from Pew Research. 2013 Mobile Growth Stats (infographic) from digitalbuzz.

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