Do we need new neuro-rights? We are learning more and more every day about how social media affects the brain. One expert wants new laws to protect our minds.
Big tech is the new tobacco experts warn
Do we need new neuro-rights? We are learning more and more every day about how social media affects the brain. One expert wants new laws to protect our minds.
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Nearly two in three teenagers in the USAThe United States of America is a country in North America. It has a population of 329 million. say they use YouTube more than once a day. One in five say they are using it nearly all the time. It is the same story for TikTok, Instagram and more.
Today, scientists say that using social media like this could be as bad for you as other drugs from history, like tobaccoA substance smoked in cigarettes. It contains nicotine, which is addictive. . They are worried about teenagers' mental health.
Now one thinker believes we need stronger lawsRules that everyone must follow. to protect us. In a new book, Professor Nita Farahany says we should have a set of rightsThe things that you should be able to do or have in law. to keep our brains free from Big Tech.
She worries that technology is getting better faster than we can keep up with. Soon Big Tech might be able to read our thoughts directly.
Other experts, however, say this is getting ahead of ourselves. There are many other reasons, they say, why teenagers could be strugglingFinding something hard or difficult..
Yes! Our brain is the most important thing we have. We need new laws to keep it safe. We do not know what tech companies will create next.
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No! We do not know that technology companies will be able to read minds. A new set of laws could be very confusing.
USA - The United States of America is a country in North America. It has a population of 329 million.
Tobacco - A substance smoked in cigarettes. It contains nicotine, which is addictive.
Laws - Rules that everyone must follow.
Rights - The things that you should be able to do or have in law.
Struggling - Finding something hard or difficult.
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Big tech is the new tobacco experts warn

Glossary
USA - The United States of America is a country in North America. It has a population of 329 million.
Tobacco - A substance smoked in cigarettes. It contains nicotine, which is addictive.
Laws - Rules that everyone must follow.
Rights - The things that you should be able to do or have in law.
Struggling - Finding something hard or difficult.