I feel that a lot of these aren't necessarily harms, just a change in how things are done.<p>> Children who have been cyberbullied are 3x more likely to contemplate suicide compared to their peers.<p>> Children who experienced cyberbullying during their adolescence were significantly more likely to engage in risk-taking health behavior as adults.<p>Yes, bullying is bad. Now kids can get bullied online. Such is the way of things.<p>> About 40% of 13-17 year olds reported it was “normal for people my age to share nudes with each other.”<p>.. so? People used polaroids before. It was harder so it was done less often, but done it was.<p>> Children who see videos of child influencers holding unhealthy foods consume significantly more calories than those who see influencers holding other types of objects, as clearly shown by experiments using randomized control trials.<p>In other news: researchers rediscover priming is a real effect.<p>> More than half US middle-schoolers cannot distinguish advertising from real news, or fact from fiction.<p>That's how its always been. Don't most people have a memory of being a kid around that age, and have your parents blow your mind by suggesting that not everything you see on TV is true?<p>> 77% of teenagers get their news from social media, with 39% stating that they “often” get news from celebrities, influencers, or personalities, according to a survey of over 800 teens aged 13-18.<p>Ah, so they should get their news from the TV or newspaper instead. Much more reliable, right? All news is dogshit, and various levels of lies. If you've ever been the center of a news story, you know that they literally lie and pull stuff out of nowhere constantly. Its made my jaw drop before.<p>> 30% teens report that they pay “very little attention” to considering the source from which they are getting their news on social media.<p>So 70% pay more than "very little attention" (phrasing!). I'd say most teens are actually better at discerning scams/obviously misleading content online than non-techie 50+ year olds, as long as it doesn't align with their biases (but that's a universal problem).<p>> Several self-harming videos have been circulating on TikTok, from the "Skull breaker" challenge to the "Cha Cha Slide" challenge (which involves repeatedly swerving a car across a road in time to music).<p>BREAKING NEWS: what do the bracelets around your child's wrist mean? Could they be engaging in secret parties where they take drugs and suck dick?<p>This is fearmongering.<p>> The number of US teenagers who are online continuously is increasing at a dramatic pace, almost doubling from 2015 to 2018: 24% to 45%.<p>Because the internet is taking over the world.