🎆 More Than Robots #83 November 2024

Remember remember... there may be plots and fireworks everywhere but here are some things to be thankful for

Bang!

Remember remember... there may be plots and fireworks everywhere but there are some things to be thankful for...

đź“– Research

Getting Played: The true cost of virtual currencies

If you use premium virtual currency to make a purchase, no legal protection applies—according to the video game industry.

The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling

Specific groups face an elevated risk of gambling harms. These include children and young people, now routinely exposed to gambling product advertising and industry messaging and sponsorship, in ways that were unprecedented before the digital revolution. Also Time for a public health response to gambling

Surfacing Tech-Powered Sexual Harassment in K-12 Schools

40% of students and 29% of teachers know of a deepfake depicting individuals associated with their school being shared in the past school year Also: The new face of digital abuse

People Overestimate How Many Social Media Users Post Harmful Content

This widely held misperception leaves participants feeling pessimistic and with an exacerbated impression of how much others want negative content to go viral

“Digital Colonization” of Highly Regulated Industries

While Big Tech firms rarely end up directly offering the “primary service” in highly regulated industries, they change the power dynamics

Metaverse risks and harms among US youth

Girls were more likely to be sexually harassed and to experience grooming/predatory behavior.

Youths’ sensitivity to social media feedback

Adolescents will engage more strongly with social media platforms if they receive many likes, but at the same time, they will also disengage more quickly when the likes are not forthcoming

Girls' Attitudes Survey

74% of girls aged 11-16 see or experience sexism. They most commonly face it online (73%). Also Unpacking Grind Culture in American Teens

🧰 Resources

Banter or Bullying?

Resources and activities to distinguish between playful banter and harmful bullying

When You Are Ready

If you’ve been abused or exploited as a child, we are here, when you are ready. Also: The Data Insights Hub

Neurodiversity Design System

A set of standards and principles that combine neurodiversity and user experience design for Learning Management Systems.

đź’ˇInspiration and opinion

Stop Drinking from the Toilet!

Today, we drink from a firehose of endless scrolling that has eroded our capacity for any differentiation or discernment.

The Parents in My Classroom

If we don’t all work together, our students won’t be prepared for the adult world. Or they’ll reshape it into the surveillance state they are getting used to

To think is to resist – something no machine does

What scientists seem to have forgotten is that the human animal is a creature of disturbance.

…and finally

If X made vacuum cleaners

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