Big Tech Gut Check (week of June 17, 2024)

The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech. Social Media & Big Tech highlights for this week: Rolling Stone Implicates Snapchat in Teen Opioid Epidemic (Rolling Stone piece and my interview with Paul Solotaroff) U.S. Surgeon General Urges Congress to Require Warning Label for Social Media (article here) Los Angeles School District Approves Strict Phone Ban (article here) Governor Gavin Newsom Calls for State-wide Phone Ban in Schools (article here) FTC Investigates TikTok of Violating Childrens' Privacy (article here and my interview with Frank McCourt) Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day. This episode is sponsored by Bark Technologies. Learn about the Bark App for iPhones and Androids: https://info.bark.us/scrolling2death_bark **Use code SCROLLING2DEATH FOR 10% OFF Check out the Bark Phone: https://info.bark.us/scrolling2deathbp