Big Tech Gut Check (week of November 4, 2024)

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:

• Parents Must Talk to Their Kids About Porn (early and often). Resources:

  • Good Pictures, Bad Pictures Book series

  • Kids and Porn (podcast episode) with Kristen Jenson

  • Talking to Kids About Pornography (podcast episode) with Parker Hymas

• 14-year-old Sewell Setzer dies after falling in love with an AI chatbot

• "An AI chatbot killed my son." with Megan Garcia

• A New Era of Addictive Intelligence (with Laurie Segall)

• Is AI safe for kids? (with Tim Estes)

• Australia Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s

• Canada Orders TikTok Offices Shut Down

• South Korea Fines Meta $15M

Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day.