Social Good

From blatant greenwashing on TikTok to influencers spreading misinformation, it's tricky terrain.

Phones may no longer be the enemy.

BookTok can be great for young readers, but some of the recommended content can be explicit and violent.

TikTok joins industry-wide labeling initiatives to combat harmful content.

Why screens may play a role in loneliness among young girls.

Cops can't use its services to find suspects, body cams and phone footage included.

Educators don't know how to handle fake nude or explicit imagery made by students.

Watchdogs and users trudge through a swamp of confusing, limited ad tools.

Pay your respects.

Symptom Radar: Not a diagnostic tool, maybe a detection tool.

Come for the eye-grabbing, finger-delighting fidget tool. Stay for the building blocks of mindfulness.

Want meaningful practices that help lower your screen time? Try creating some 'emodiversity.'

Designers offer digital authenticity to an eager market.

The failure to disclose what happened with 7 Cups raises big questions about emotional support apps. 

Predators can weaponize social media platforms against vulnerable youth.

Vulnerable teens may be targeted by predators.

These platforms promise to connect users to a compassionate listener, but the reality is far more complex.

People go to 7 Cups to get emotional support, but some find themselves to be targets instead.

AI vs. social media companies, government leaders, and the rest of us.

"This moderation stuff is kind of hard."

Google has received thousands of copyright complaints across dozens of websites.

The new tool makes search results look more like you.

AI has yet to solve hiring discrimination, and it might be making it worse.

"Ceasefire now" pins are the Oscars' most watched red-carpet accessory.

For women, girls, and marginalised people, the digital era opened up new opportunities for harm and abuse.