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FTC investigating AI ‘companion’ chatbots amid growing concern about harm to kids

New York  —  EDITOR’S NOTE:  Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Globally: The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide have contact information for crisis centers. The Federal Trade Commission …

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TikTok sued by 14 attorneys general over alleged harm to children’s mental health

New York CNN  —  A bipartisan group of 14 attorneys general from across the country filed lawsuits on Tuesday against TikTok, alleging that the platform has “addicted” young people and harmed their mental health. The lawsuits take issue with various elements of the TikTok platform, including its endlessly scrolling feed of content, TikTok “challenge” videos …

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UK riots show how social media can fuel real-life harm. It’s only getting worse

CNN  —  The widespread anti-immigrant riots in the United Kingdom of the past week, and the false viral claims that fueled them, may be the clearest, most direct example yet of the way unchecked misinformation on social media can produce violence and harm in the real world. Even after authorities identified a UK national as …

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Children in Gaza are suffering “relentless mental harm,” charity warns

Children in Gaza are experiencing “relentless mental harm” after five months of war, hunger, displacement and years of a blockade, according to nongovernmental organization Save the Children, which talked to mental health services and four parents in the strip. In a report released on Tuesday, one parent told the organization: “I wouldn’t even say that …

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