Social media's Big Tobacco moment is coming

Social media's Big Tobacco moment is coming

The new Bloomberg Originals documentary “Can’t Look Away,” which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their children, is difficult to watch. It should be.

Parmy Olson: Social media's 'big tobacco moment’ is coming

The new Bloomberg Originals documentary "Can’t Look Away," which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their children, is difficult to watch. It should be. The film lays bare what many parents already know: Social media is rewiring their children’s brains, creating a generation of short attention spans and social anxiety. While viewing the film, what became clear is that tech platforms aren’t doing nearly enough to stop it — a…

Parmy Olson: Social media’s ‘big tobacco moment’ is coming

The new Bloomberg Originals documentary “Can’t Look Away,” which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their children, is difficult to watch. It should be. The film lays bare what many parents already know: Social media is rewiring their children’s brains, creating a generation of short attention spans and social anxiety. While viewing the film, what became clear is that tech platforms aren’t doing nearly enough to stop it — a…

Dangers of social media for teens examined in new documentary

A new Bloomberg documentary, "Can't Look Away," investigates the dark side of social media for teens and the growing fight to hold tech companies accountable. Bloomberg investigative reporter Olivia Carville, who is an executive producer of the film, talks about her reporting in the documentary.

Social media's 'big tobacco moment’ is coming

NEW YORK (TNS) — The new Bloomberg Originals documentary "Can’t Look Away," which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their children, is difficult to watch. It should be.

SOAR Foundation Offers Parental Support in New Campaign from Droga5 Dublin

Droga5 Dublin, part of Accenture Song, and client The SOAR Foundation have launched a powerful reactive press campaign called ‘Face Not Recognised’ that aims to help parents who fear that social media is secretly impacting their teenagers behaviours and to provide support for them through SOAR. Against a growing backdrop of anxiety, loneliness and online toxic misogyny, social media has been singled out a major contributor to many of society’s w…