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Instagram has a new program for school officials to report bullying

Engadget

This time, however, Meta is enlisting school officials directly in an effort to speed up its response to safety issues affecting young teens. The program offers schools something that many parents have long said they wanted: a way to fast-track in-app reports that directly affect young students.

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Instagram internal research: ‘We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls’

The Verge

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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Limbix releases clinical trial data on a self-guided mental health app for teens

TechCrunch

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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Pinterest rolls out new teen safety features, including wiping followers from users 15 and under

TechCrunch

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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Study reveals some teens receive 5,000 notifications daily, most spend almost two hours on TikTok

TechSpot

It tracked the screen time of 203 Android users – Apple doesn't share this type of data with researchers – aged 11 to 17 for nine days via an app. The new study comes from Common Sense Media and the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital (via Insider). Read Entire Article

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Creative Event Ideas To Get Students Involved In Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

Promotion is critical if youre looking for ways to secure teen volunteers. Group teen volunteers together so they can socialize in their circles. A social media challenge encouraging students to share their favorite eco-friendly habits or an online walkathon where steps are tracked digitally are excellent options.

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