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US jury to begin deliberations in social media addiction trial

US jury to begin deliberations in social media addiction trial

Jury deliberations are set to begin Friday in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing Meta and YouTube of intentionally trying to hook young internet users. Closing arguments wrapped here Thursday with rival attorneys trying to convince jurors the evidence backed their side of the clash. The verdict could turn

How social media affects teen mental health (and what to do about it)

How social media affects teen mental health (and what to do about it)

How social media affects teen mental health (and what to do about it) Social media is here to stay. In the U.S., 95% of teens use at least one social media platform. And according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, over half of teens admit that it’d

Local organizations collaborate for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Trigger warning: This article contains discussion of eating disorders. Approximately nine percent of Montanans — around 93,512 people — will have an eating disorder in their lifetime, according to Harvard’s 2020 Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders program. The same report found that in Montana, about 33

Confronting weight bias with the film “Your Fat Friend”

Confronting weight bias with the film “Your Fat Friend”

At the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture on March 8, audience members whispered amongst themselves as a theatre screen faded into a forest scene. Then, a woman’s voiceover cut through the silence. “Just say fat,” she said. “Not curvy or chubby or chunky or fluffy or more-