Thompson.Topic by Caleb Thompson

(Haidt, 67)

thomp406 — 2025-09-25 11:46:16 UTC

“But sex criminals nowadays spend most of their time in the virtual world because the internet makes it so much easier to communicate with children and to find and circulate sexual and violent videos involving children.”

(Grose, 1)

thomp406 — 2025-09-25 11:46:45 UTC

According to a new survey of nearly 1,400 American teens and their parents from Pew Research, it looks as though some of the grown-up caterwauling against social media is sinking in: “Roughly half of teens (48 percent) say these sites have a mostly negative effect on people their age, up from 32 percent in 2022.”

(Haidt, 68)

thomp406 — 2025-09-25 11:46:52 UTC

“Isabel Hogben, a 14-year-old girl in Rhode Island, wrote an essay... I was ten years old when I watched porn for the first time... The website has no age verification, no ID requirement, not even a prompt asking me if I was over 18”

(Cunningham, 359)

thomp406 — 2025-09-25 11:47:03 UTC

“Critics point out some of the negative impacts of social media. For example, there is an increase in reports of youth who report being victims of cyberbullying or cyberstalking. These forms of harassment can lead to depression, low self-esteem, and anxiety.”

(Silva, 28)

thomp406 — 2025-09-25 11:47:22 UTC

“60% of people using social media reported that it has impacted their self-esteem in a negative way. 80% reported that it is easier to be deceived by others through their sharing on social media. 50% reported social media having negative effects on their relationships.”

(Caroll, 29)

thomp406 — 2025-09-25 11:47:43 UTC

“Research published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2017 found that of people aged nineteen to thirty-two, those who used social networking for more than two hours each day were twice as likely to feel socially isolated than those who used it for less than a half hour a day.”

Connection #3

thomp406 — 2025-09-25 11:59:23 UTC

Easy to stumble on bad things

Connection #1

thomp406 — 2025-09-25 12:06:04 UTC

Impacts on being socially active

Connection #2

thomp406 — 2025-09-25 12:08:04 UTC

Affects mental health