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🚨 NEW from The Lookout: Online Gaming Dangers
Parents need to be aware of the changing landscape and threats children can be exposed to while gaming.
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Chip and Joanna Gaines of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” share their family’s social media rule, allowing their kids to create accounts once they go to college:
“The reality is, it’s not better for them earlier — it’s worse for them.”
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Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt tells
@joerogan
about the danger of TikTok’s addictive nature and disturbing content targeted to children:
“It has a variety of effects that we don't even understand yet.”
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41% of American children in the U.S. spend 120 minutes on TikTok per day, that’s 120 minutes in the hands of an adversary.
TikTok is poison.
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Adult and child experiences on TikTok are vastly different, serving kids content promoting self-harm and eating disorders within minutes of using the app.
Our Executive Director
@alleighmarre
joined
@seanspicer
to explain the disastrous impact TikTok has on American children.
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NEW: Our parental notification system, “The Lookout,” is designed to keep families informed on the issues impacting their children.
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Social media damages youth mental health, with more teens suffering from suicidal thoughts and depression.
@USRepKCastor
is spot on — Social media companies “know that their platforms are causing harm, but the kids are just too lucrative for them to change how they do business.”
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Helping kids set healthy boundaries with social media and technology starts with modeling those behaviors at home.
A recent study revealed parents’ screen time is a big predictor of their child’s consumption.
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Transgender athlete, Veronica Garcia, won the Washington State girls 400-meter championship race last month.
A mother of one female athlete shares the devastation her daughter felt after losing to Garcia and failing to advance to the state championship.
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Our Executive Director,
@alleighmarre
, joined
@DefendingEd
’s
@michelepexner
to discuss the wide-ranging threats facing kids today.
@OliviaPero1
has a recap of the discussion from
@FaithandFreedom
’s
#RTM2024
Conference ⬇️
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🚨 NEW from The Lookout: Title IX
You may have heard that the Biden administration has changed Title IX — a law best known for ensuring girls equal access and treatment in education and athletic programs.
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Former NYPD chief Kenneth Corey believes cases of violent attacks targeting young women could be linked to a TikTok challenge.
The “Knockout Game” encourages viewers to knock strangers unconscious with a single punch and share the footage online.
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U.S.
@Surgeon_General
Vivek Murthy describes the elevated mental health risks for children associated with increased social media usage:
“Adolescents who are using 3 hours a day, or more, of social media, face double the risk of anxiety and depression symptoms.”
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The tragic recent suicide of TikTok star Eva Evans has left many wondering what impact the social media platform had on Evans’ mental health - and even further, what impact it has on those whose brains aren’t fully developed.
Watch the entire segment on Fox 29 Philadelphia:
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“Though youth and their caregivers may think the risk of online exploitation is low, the design of many social media platforms tends to maximize opportunities for predators while leaving youth to fend for their own safety.”
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Online predators target young children on social media, taking advantage of the countless hours kids spend on these platforms each day.
A New Jersey mom recounts how adults messaged her 10-year-old daughter on social media to determine her location.
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A Washington track and field coach speaks out after a transgender athlete won the girls’ 400-meter dash:
“When our girls are expected to compete against boys it is degrading and humiliating — especially when they’re told just to try harder. Try harder at what? Being a boy?”
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Viral “sharenting” videos posted online by influencer parents compromise children’s online privacy and safety.
@LeahAPlunkett
warns these videos can set children up to feel humiliated and betrayed, having life-long and devastating effects on their mental well-being.
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"From family outings to school field trips to doctors' visits, our children are more at risk than ever of being exposed to malicious political agendas and inappropriate situations." -
@alleighmarre
Read
@itsSpencerBrown
's latest in
@Townhallcom
:
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🚨NEW from The Lookout: Biden Admin Pushes Trans Procedures on Minors
Recent reporting revealed that Biden administration officials lobbied to remove age limits for adolescent transgender procedures.
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.
@JonHaidt
links the rise in depression among young girls to constant social comparison, as teenagers spend hours each day on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
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A Michigan father recounts the disturbing story of how his 17-year-old son was targeted in a “sextortion” scheme.
An adult man, posing as a woman on Instagram, solicited his son for inappropriate pictures and threatened to release the photos if he didn’t pay.
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“Bed rotting” –– a trend that involves spending the day in bed sleeping or scrolling through a device –– has gone viral on social media as a way to decompress or recharge.
Experts say the trend can negatively impact sleep cycles and mental health.
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Some developers have made limiting screen time and protecting our children when they do go online simpler than ever before.
Read more about apps that can help you protect your children while they’re online:
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Politicians like these need a reminder that our kids do NOT belong to them.
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Pediatrician, Dr. Huma Khan, warns that “summer body” and “swimsuit ready” messages promoted social media are “problematic” and put teenagers at risk for developing eating disorders:
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After months of testing,
@wsj
researchers found an alarming amount of sexual content recommended to teenagers on Instagram.
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Online predators are using Instagram and TikTok, coercing children to send explicit content and self-harm videos, ultimately selling these videos online.
We must protect our children from this dangerous and disturbing behavior happening on social media.
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Nick Adams, a counselor and education specialist, warns parents of the consuming nature of social media:
“It is designed to addict you...It is designed to pull your attention even when you’ve set it down. And then once you’ve picked it up, to keep you on it as long as possible.”
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“TikTok took hours away from my day. I started thinking about what I could be doing instead: working out, planning future trips, getting better at my hobbies — literally anything else.”
Even members of Gen Z realize the amount of time they spend on TikTok is hindering them from
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@DrLisaStrohman
describes disturbing TikTok tutorials encouraging self-harm and notes these injuries have increased after TikTok was released in 2016.
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Listen to the full episode of
@FDRLST
Radio Hour for more about the dangers posed to our children by TikTok:
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On average, teenagers spend almost 5 hours each day on addictive social media platforms.
41% of teens who spend the most time on these platforms describe their mental health as “poor” or “very poor,” pointing to the negative impact body image content has on their well-being.
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50% of American parents believe banning Chinese-owned TikTok would improve their children’s digital safety.
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“Two years ago, when I swam for the University of Kentucky, I raced and tied with Lia Thomas, a transgender athlete. The NCAA not only didn’t stand up for me, but they claimed that Lia needed to hold the trophy for photo purposes.” -
@Riley_Gaines_
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ICYMI... This week, we released a new ad across the country to warn everyone about the poisonous effects of TikTok.
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Viral “body inspiration” videos posted by online influencers can have a negative impact on teenage girls’ body image and confidence.
Parents can help their children be more mindful when consuming this type of content, promoting unrealistic standards:
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Our Executive Director,
@alleighmarre
, joined
@emilyjashinsky
to discuss how TikTok is targeting children with harmful content and the collecting data on American households:
“You’re handing a location beacon on where your kid is, and also about your household, to the CCP.”
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As part of a recent study, students reflected on how social media affects their mental health:
“TikTok has me in a chokehold.”
“I would 1,000% say I am addicted.”
“I feel completely aware that it is hijacking my brain, but I can’t put it down. This leaves me feeling ashamed.”
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Our Executive Director,
@alleighmarre
, spoke with
@DailySignal
's
@ElizTroutman
at
@FaithandFreedom
's Road to Majority Conference on the dangers of social media and how APC is working to keep parents informed and in charge.
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An internet safety expert breaks down the dangers associated with social media and shares tips for parents to keep their children safe online:
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With the ongoing conversation surrounding youth smartphone and social media use, pediatrician Dr. Michael Rich recommends parents carve out “digital downtime” with their children and help them use screens in a healthy and productive way.
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Teens are attempting viral DIY beauty tutorials circulating on TikTok — participating in these trends can have devastating and painful outcomes.
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Arkansas Governor
@SarahHuckabee
is raising awareness in her state on the dangers of social media addiction:
“The increase of access and addiction to smartphones and social media is driving...our depression, our anxiety, our suicide rates among teens, especially young girls.”
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Social media has become an abyss of alarming and harmful content. Current safeguards don't go far enough to protect kids online.
Experts suggest families have open conversations about social media consumption and set limits on their child's devices ⬇️
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After seeing the Surgeon General's call for a social media warning label, many senators are pledging their full support.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that would limit social media companies from suggesting content that perpetuates addiction in children.
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Our Executive Director,
@alleighmarre
, spoke with
@AlanJSanders
about the changing relationship between trusted institutions and parents, highlighting our parental notification system, The Lookout, which keep families informed on the latest issues impacting their children.
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May we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms today and every day 🇺🇸
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Surgeon Eithan Haim exposed Texas Children’s Hospital for performing gender transition procedures on children as young as 11, after publicly declaring they would halt the practice.
He now faces what seems to be a politically motivated federal indictment.
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The growing mental health crisis among children and teenagers has been fueled by the embrace of DEI and woke ideology in the classroom.
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The “Wait Until 8th" pledge is taking off — encouraging parents to delay giving their children a smartphone until 8th grade.
Leah, a mother of two, expresses her concerns about screen addiction and explains why she’s supporting the pledge ⬇️
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Social media platforms are increasingly targeting children with alarming content and unsafe trends or challenges.
Parents must be involved in their social media experiences, setting guardrails to protect their kids online.
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We'll keep sounding the alarm on the threats TikTok’s nefarious influence poses to our children.
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Roy shares her own experiences with social media, dating back to middle school:
“The promotion of unrealistic body standards made me question my self-esteem. I spent hours comparing myself to girls on these sites who presented themselves in a sexualized manner.”
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Recent studies have found that TikTok’s algorithms routinely promote harmful content within minutes of signing up.
Parents, be aware!
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Considered a trusted institution by parents and educators, our first edition of “The Lookout” notified parents about Scholastic flyers marketing pro-LGBTQ literature to schoolchildren as young as kindergarten.
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A 15-year-old girl was targeted by peers who used AI to create and distribute fake nude images.
Her peers used Prom pictures posted on her social media account and a “nudification app” to create the fake images.
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