A recent documentary on South Korean television, Bodymentary, featured five prominent female singers – Kim Wan-sun, Soyou, Han Seung-yeon, Jun Hyo-seong, and Hwasa – who shared personal experiences with eating disorders and the harmful societal pressures on women’s bodies. The singers opened up about the toll these pressures took on their mental and physical health, … Read more
Four major Ontario school boards are taking some of the largest social media companies to court over their products, alleging the way they’re designed has negatively rewired the way children think, behave and learn and disrupted the way schools operate. The public district school boards of Toronto, Peel and Ottawa-Carleton, along with Toronto’s Catholic counterpart, are looking for … Read more
“They’re responsible for many of the dangers our children face online,” US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, who chairs the committee, said in opening remarks. “Their design choices, their failures to adequately invest in trust and safety, their constant pursuit of engagement and profit over basic safety have all put our kids and grandkids at … Read more
