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EPISODE · Jun 19, 2018 · 26 MIN

How Tech is Harming its Most Vulnerable Users

from Foundering · host Bloomberg

When Jared was just a pre-teen his childhood hobby, playing video games, morphed into a compulsive and eventually harmful obsession. Years later, he's still working to move past it, and he's not alone. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Pia Gadkari goes to Boston to meet Jared and his pediatrician Dr Michael Rich, whose research shows there are mental health repercussions for some children who spend hours online. Pia explores what parents as well as tech companies can do to identify — and address — the problem.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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