mental health
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Facebook Lied to Senate About Instagram’s Harm to Teens, Senator Says
A Senate hearing spurred on by a company whistleblower commenced Thursday with a barrage of allegations against Facebook, the company now implicated in burying internal research portraying its product Instagram as a blight on the mental health of teen users.
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Apple Working on Depression Detection for iPhones: Report
It’s been widely reported that Apple is working on developing a number of advanced health tools, ranging from blood glucose monitoring to body-temperature-based fertility. Now, a new report claims that Apple is also working with the University of California, Los Angeles and pharmaceutical company Biogen to see if its gadgets can detect depression, anxiety, and…
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Woman Who Stabbed Her Friend for Slender Man at Age 12 Is Getting Released Early
In 2014, two 12-year-old girls lured their best friend into the woods before stabbing her more than a dozen times — and leaving her for dead — in an attempt to satiate the internet horror meme Slender Man. Now, after spending the past three and a half years confined to a state facility, one of…
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Does Social Media Make Us More Or Less Lonely?
Humans are more connected to each other than ever, thanks to smartphones, the web and social media. At the same time, loneliness is a huge and growing social problem.