The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech.

Social Media & Big Tech highlights for this week:

• Snapchat Integrates Google's AI to Enhance Snapchat Chatbot
• Snapchat Offers Older Teens 16+ Public Sharing
• Snapchat Testing Simplified Version of the App
• States Race to Ban Phones at School
• Administrators Toolkit by Phone Free Schools Movement
• The Battle to Ban Screens From School Now Includes Chromebooks and Tablets
• Instagram Announces Teen Accounts

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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