Tech News May 23, 2024 from Protect Young Eyes
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Here's a summary of Tech News & Trends for May 23, 2024:
🔵 Federal prosecutors charged a man in Wisconsin for generating thousands of explicit images of children. This is one of the first cases to establish federal charges against using AI. Our post on Deepfakes and AI offers families 15 practical steps: (https://bit.ly/3TVFoeK)
🔵 Meta is teasing another copycat feature borrowed from competitors. This time, taking from Snapchat and BeReal, Instagram is soon launching "peek" which allows users to send authentic (quick) images that can only be viewed "once."
🔵 Reddit made a deal with OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, to use its content to train AI. Reddit is notorious for hosting some of the worst parts of the internet. You can read our full Reddit review [https://bit.ly/3X9AEEj]
🔵 Seven Gen Z leaders are paving the future of digital wellness. Trisha Prabhu (ReThink), Sam Hiner & Ava Smithing (Young People's Alliance), Larissa May (@HalfTheStory), Freya India (GIRLS Substack), Maddie Freeman (NoSo November), and Ben Spaloss (Live and Help Live - TikTok). These awesome humans are all creating safer digital spaces for everyone!
🔵 Mitchell Rutherford is quitting his teaching position after years of "trying to engage students who are lost in their phones." To learn more about this issue visit phonefreeschools.com.
🔵 "Social media is housing an online underworld where young girls' photos and videos are being "exploited" and consumed by men." And the accounts are often run by parents.
🔵 According to Dr. Philip McRae, The Alberta Teachers Association, which represents 98% of the 50,000 principals and teachers in Alberta, has passed a resolution restricting smartphones in classrooms during instructional time for students in 7th grade and up.
Remember #delayistheway! Most of the best things for childhood are almost always analog.