After two jury verdicts against social media companies, itβs time to reexamine your kidsβ tech use
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On Wednesday, a California jury found what many parents probably already suspected: Two social media companies have been negligent in designing their platforms β and they knew it.
The jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay a total of $3 million in compensatory damages plus additional punitive damages to a woman, now 20 years old, who said their platforms were engineered to addict her and caused her body dysmorphia, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. She previously settled her case against Snap (owner of the Snapchat platform) and TikTok.
The decision comes on the heels of Tuesdayβs ruling by a New Mexico jury that Meta violated state law by not protecting kids from sexual predators.
(A Meta spokesperson said they disagree with both decisions and will appeal, while a spokesperson for Google said the California verdict βmisunderstandsβ YouTube, which the company claims is not a social network and is built responsibly.)
Wednesdayβs ruling has been widely described as a βBig Tobacco momentβ because it found that social networks are harmful and addictive to our kids and could open the floodgates for many more lawsuits. This court finding is scary for parents because most of our kids are probably already on these platforms. But it also gives us a valuable opportunity to rethink and reset how our kids use social media.
Talk with your kids
Talk to your kids about the rulings. They may be interested to know we didnβt have all the evidence we have now about the impacts of social media when they first started using these platforms. Then discuss how you can make changes based on this new knowledge.
Start by talking through how social media actually makes your kids feel. What emotions are they experiencing when they log off? The popular belief that these platforms give us pleasure is wrong, Michaeleen Doucleff writes in her new book, βDopamine Kids: A Science-Based Plan to Rewire Your Childβs Brain and Take Back Your Family in the Age of Screens and Ultraprocessed Foods.β Actually, after using social media, our kids often donβt feel good, she said, because apps are designed to leave them always wanting more.
You can explain how social networks have been engineered to hook us. They show kids content they think will keep them engaged, even when itβs really bad for them. And our feeds keep serving us endless posts, so there arenβt signals that itβs ever time to stop scrolling.
Then think about what changes you can make β not just to protect your family from the harms of social media, but also so youβll all be happier. Start by asking kids for their ideas. Theyβll probably have some smart ones.
Make a social media strategy
Hereβs some of Doucleffβs advice, which she even tested on her own daughter.
- Find other activities your kids love and put out the materials for them in highly visible places in your home.
- Agree that everyone will only use technology in a central, public place in the house, so you can see if kids are consuming inappropriate content.
- Create a separate location for homework to be done away from the distractions of these devices. If kids use their computers to do homework, Doucleff recommends removing apps that could distract them, such as social networks, and requiring a password for downloading any new apps, so you stay in charge.
- Lock up phones at night so no one can use them.
- Agree that no one will use screens while youβre driving or taking other forms of transportation, so you instead have meaningful (or even meaningless) conversations.
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