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Left To Their Own Devices

Toronto Star
Social Media
Mental Health
Facebook
Eating Disorders
Instagram
Roger Mcnamee
Nir Eyal
Frances Haugen
Youth Mental Health
Depression
Anxiety
Kids Online Safety Act
Technology
Social Media Addiction
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Suicide
Cyberbullying
Sextortion
Dopamine
Technology Addiction

We gave children the most powerful tools in human history. Then, we left them to their own devices. When she was 12 years old, Ava Smithing spiraled down a social media rabbit hole that nearly cost her life. A decade later, she discovered she wasn’t alone: Big Tech had rewritten childhood and adolescence for her entire generation. Armed with questions and a year to find answers, Ava embarked on a ... more

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Like a lot of lonely teenagers, Sarah found refuge on social media. In her lowest moments, she'd reach for her phone, connecting with strangers on Snapchat and Wizz – an app that's been called "Tinder for kids." But those digital friendships quickly ... more

Are screens rewiring kids' brains and creating a generation of depressed teens? After Jonathan Haidt published his mega-bestseller The Anxious Generation, a lot of parents became convinced that they were. But the science tells a more complicated stor... more

You'd be hard-pressed to find a young person who uses Facebook regularly. But to understand why social media has had such a profound, and sometimes devastating, effect on kids, you need to understand Facebook's origin story first. Ava tracks down tw... more

Algorithms are the invisible engines that drive every scroll, swipe or click. And, in the last few years, it’s become clear that they can devastate young lives. But Ava discovers they might also be capable of saving them. 

She speaks with two teens... more

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Host and producer focusing on the implications of social media on youth and personal narratives of recovery from online addiction. She shares her experiences and findings from research into young people's mental health in the digital age.

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Q: Why do you think the majority of social scientists actually working in this field disagree with you?
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