The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech.
 
Social Media &amp; Big Tech highlights for this week:
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 <li>Parents Must Talk to Their Kids About Porn (early and often). Resources:
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 <li><a href="https://www.defendyoungminds.com/product/good-pictures-bad-pictures" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Good Pictures, Bad Pictures Book series</a>
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 <li><a href="https://www.scrolling2death.com/post/kids-and-porn-with-kristen-a-jenson" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Kids and Porn (podcast episode) with Kristen Jenson</a>
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 <li><a href="https://www.scrolling2death.com/post/talking-to-kids-about-porn-with-parker-hymas" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Talking to Kids About Pornography (podcast episode) with Parker Hymas</a>
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 <li><a href="https://youtu.be/fo42CpJufNQ" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">14-year-old Sewell Setzer dies after falling in love with an AI chatbot</a>
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 <li><a href="https://www.scrolling2death.com/post/an-ai-chatbot-killed-my-son-with-megan-garcia" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">"An AI chatbot killed my son." with Megan Garcia</a>
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 <li><a href="https://www.scrolling2death.com/post/a-new-era-of-addictive-intelligence-with-laurie-segall" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">A New Era of Addictive Intelligence (with Laurie Segall)</a>
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 <li><a href="https://www.scrolling2death.com/post/is-ai-safe-for-kids-with-tim-estes" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Is AI safe for kids? (with Tim Estes)</a>
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 <li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzd62g1r3o" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Australia Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s</a>
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 <li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/canada-orders-wind-up-tiktoks-canadian-business-app-access-continue-2024-11-06/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Canada Orders TikTok Offices Shut Down</a>
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 <li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/meta-facebook-south-korea-fine-privacy-9a1e9500d0462112c422e0612f1f7085" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">South Korea Fines Meta $15M</a>
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Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day.

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