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   Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 09:47:06 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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   @freezenet what a weird report. it has pages and pages of "there's a digital divide, girls need more access to tech" and then switches to "and access to tech is uniquely damaging to girls."

   And it does no new work on this particular issue, just badly mischaracterizes some of the existing research.

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     Freezenet (freezenet@noc.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 09:47:07 JST Freezenet

     Hey @mmasnick . Became aware of another study alleging that social media is destroying the minds of teenagers. Going to try and dive deeper into the numbers given that the selling points aren't adding up, but thought I'd pass the study along to you for you to pick through as well: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/new-unesco-report-warns-social-media-affects-girls-well-being-learning-and-career-choices

     Given the enormous amount of research that says otherwise, I'm quite skeptical of the findings in this study already.