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Proving your age without handing over your life
An age gate also determines what information we surrender and who gets excluded. Protecting children requires examining those consequences, listening to different experiences and providing a review when verification fails or demands too much.
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Connected toys: the silent shift in childhood
Connected toys hide microphones and suppliers behind a domestic appearance. We analyze how this shift redefines childhood privacy and demands new forms of care and autonomy.
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Real evidence: beyond the promise of educational apps
The educational promise of an app demands solid proof. Activity and satisfaction do not guarantee that a skill improves off the screen. We need judgment, not just metrics.
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Youth Mental Health: Beyond Digital Blame
Youth mental health does not admit a single digital culprit. A general correlation does not explain individual trajectories or what intervention helps.
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Social Media: The Work of Sustaining Community After Enthusiasm
Once the initial fervor fades, technology demands care, judgment, and repair. We analyze how platforms must assume responsibility for maintaining trust and human diversity.
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The civic cost of not understanding how networks work
Algorithmic opacity is not just technical; it is a civic barrier. When we do not understand the ranking, we lose the capacity to choose and correct. We analyze how to reclaim judgment in an opaque digital environment.
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Social networks after innocence: Transparency and error
Activity volume does not guarantee accuracy or protect the vulnerable. We must audit real impact, not just the volume of data processed.
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Having a say when the network changes its rules
Taking part in a network should include some ability to question its rules. A consultation deserves that name when it precedes the decision, welcomes disagreement and requires an explanation of how the responses will be used.
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Social media: The future being decided today
Decentralization does not guarantee fairness. We analyze how federated infrastructure requires governance, resources, and human protection for technology to serve true well-being.
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Social media after innocence: harassment as a public issue
Digital harassment is a public issue due to its scale. Blocking profiles one by one left the campaign intact and shifted all effort to the victim, demanding a systemic response.
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The family conversation on digital footprints
Sharing affection can build a public identity that will accompany the minor outside the family context. Families are already discussing this footprint created by adults.
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Social Media: Between Innovation and Dependence
True innovation does not trap communities. Dependency arises when identity, audience, and memory are locked into external platforms without a clear exit path.
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