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Poll: More teens using social ‘constantly,’ prefer Snapchat + infographics on key findings

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 11, 2018

Today’s teens are always on their smartphones, many check social media “constantly” and prefer texting over face-to-face communication. They also prefer Snapchat over Facebook, a huge change since 2012.

Group of early Facebook, Google employees band together to form anti-tech addiction alliance (+ video)

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Feb 5, 2018

A group of Silicon Valley technologists who were early employees at Facebook and Google, alarmed over the ill effects of social networks and smartphones, are banding together to challenge the companies they helped build.