by Beth Holmes | Jan 16, 2023 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Holding social media accountable for the behavior they reward is why several Seattle schools are suing Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube. The role of social media in public behavior has become increasingly concerning in the last few years, brought into the...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 19, 2022 | News, Other
A Texas bill is aimed at banning all minors from social media, supposedly for their own good. State Representative Jared Patterson, a Republican from North Texas, has filed a bill meant to require all social media users to be at least 18 years old. “Once thought...
by Sarah Green | Jun 14, 2017 | News, Student Issues
By now, you’ve probably heard the news that Harvard rescinded admission offers to at least 10 students who participated in a private Facebook group where offensive and hateful memes were posted. The memes—photos with captions—depicted an array of tasteless topics...
by Sarah Green | Jan 30, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Social media has many benefits, but there are certainly some side effects that are causing problems, especially for teenagers. A recent study by researchers from the Wales Institute for Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD) found that 1 in 5...
by Sarah Green | Sep 12, 2016 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Strictly speaking, Facebook doesn’t want anyone to have an account before the age of 13. Twitter, too. But there’s no one checking ID. Children today grow up with the internet as a presence they interact with all the time, omnipresent in home and school. Most...
