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DANGEROUS

VALIDATING

ADDICTIVE

IMPORTANT

TOXIC

Social media is

to teens.

Can youth navigate safely through a complex and ever-changing landscape?

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UBIQUITOUS

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With over 1.4 billion users worldwide, Instagram has evolved from a photo-sharing app to include reels as TikTok gained popularity. Released in 2010, acquired by Facebook Inc. in 2012.

TIKTOK

TikTok has exploded on the social media scene since it became available worldwide in 2018. Mostly serving short user-generated videos, the app had been downloaded 3.5 billion times by April 2022.

INSTAGRAM

Live video game streaming platform where viewers watch others play and narrate video games. Launched in 2011 and acquired by Amazon in 2014. Twitch has 30 million daily users.

TWITCH

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