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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