Thanks everyone for another informative, great #WCRMG25 conference. I always value our learning and conversations together.

Brand new report just released! A product of our international working group's focus on optimal online safety approaches that support children's rights, agency, and well-being! I share my key takeaways in a new piece here: cyberbullying.org/child-center... #FrontiersinDigitalChildSafety

🎙️Screen Sense - new podcast with me and @shuhbillskee.bsky.social, is launching next week! Two psychologists (and dads) talking honestly about what it means to raise a family in a screen-filled world - with science, real stories and zero guilt. Launching 13th June. screensensepodcast.substack.com

This is such a great book - it’s the one I recommend to everyone interested in how tech affects our lives. No scaremongering, cherrypicking evidence, or other nonsense. Just really good nuanced and evidence based discussions of the core issues with tech. Easy to read & I loved the audiobook!

The yellow paperback edition of Unlocked is out today! It’s been a whirlwind of a first year, but I’m so glad that it’s out there. If you’ve read it, I hope you’ve found something reassuring and useful in it.

Use our "X Misleading and Manipulated Media Dashboard" to see other examples of fake Mark Carney pics. (Just type Carney or Grok into the search bar.) cn.deepfakestracker.org

🇨🇦 Canada & beyond

How to identify #misinformation, #disinformation, and #malinformation

www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/...

“when WaPo’s opinion pages are being gutted and tech CEOs are seeking pre-approval from authoritarians, the line between “tech coverage” and “saving democracy” has basically disappeared. It’s all the same thing.”

Well said.

Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).

This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.

www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."

I get annoyed when Canadian news services publish news on their websites, and it's video only. I'm often not able to watch a video. For me a written article is much easier to access. Ideally both would be available. Or at least, if a video is up first, please add a short written piece later on.

Dan Meyer understands tech, teaching, and kids' brains better than most people, including most teachers. Almost every student-facing AI tool in edtech sucks, and this post explains why. substack.com/home/post/p-...

I was reading @garwboy.bsky.social Dean Burnett's book "Why Your Parents Are Hung-Up on Your Phone and What To Do About It". I read his tip to avoid misinformation online: "Ask yourself, 'Do I want this to be true?'"

And for the past couple of days, I have been thinking about this tip a lot.

New article in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health!
We disentangle limitations in research on digital harms in youth to inform recommendations for studying impacts of rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence.
Open link until 11th March:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kTwe8Mut2...
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Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! 🪶💐🩷

If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.

(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)

Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN

English teachers doing research essay with grade 12s. Topic is anything to do with tech, especially games, social media, AI, and other hot topics. Students are to choose a book or collection or shorter readings from which to inspire them to choose a more focused area to research.