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Freedom of Thought, Social Media and the Teen Brain - Samantha Bradshaw and Tracy Vaillancourt

7 Feb 2024

Built on the business model and the Rule of Law; the Program on of “surveillance capitalism,” platforms collect Democracy and the Internet; and the Digital immense amounts of data about users to sell Civil Society Lab. [...] However, and featured by The New York Times, The sometimes the content people engage with is not Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, the always the best for their mental health and well- Financial Times, CNN and Bloomberg News. [...] Rights1 and the International Covenant on Civil and At uOttawa, Tracy is a member of the Political Rights,2 both of which guarantee freedom Brain and Mind Research Institute with of thought as part of religious liberties, and the the Faculty of Medicine, and the Centre ability to hold opinions without interference as part for Health Law, Policy and Ethics with of freedom of expression. [...] She is the president of freedom of thought is considered part of one’s forum the International Society for Research on internum — or the inner space of one’s mind where Aggression, a fellow of the Royal Society of one’s “mental faculties are developed, exercised and Canada, and the chief editor of the Child defined” (United Nations General Assembly 2021, Mental Health and Interventions section of. [...] Freedom of Thought, Social Media and the Teen Brain 3 the nature of some social media platforms unduly watching these videos can cause the algorithm influence the inner space of the adolescent mind? to continue to promote these types of videos.
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