Meta Pauses Employee Activity Tracking Program Over Data Security Concerns 
SK Hynix Overtakes Samsung as South Korea’s Most Valuable Company 
WiseTech Global Denies Knowledge of Investigation Into Founder Richard White 
Kingboard Holdings Shares Surge After HK$11.77 Billion Block Trade to Expand PCB and AI Supply Chain Business 
Baseten Secures $1.5 Billion Funding at $13 Billion Valuation Amid AI Infrastructure Boom 
Tencent Reviews Marvelous Stake as Gaming Giant Reassesses Global Investment Strategy 
Samsung Gains Interest from BYD, Google, AMD as AI Chip Demand Strains TSMC Capacity 
Google Gemini Co-Lead Noam Shazeer Leaves for OpenAI Amid AI Talent Race 
SoftBank Shares Drop as OpenAI Losses and Rising Costs Spark Investor Concerns 
Trump’s Quantum Push Lifts IBM Stock as CEO Arvind Krishna Receives White House Praise 
Trump Says Anthropic No Longer Seen as National Security Threat 
SpaceX Surpasses Amazon in Market Value as Post-IPO Rally Accelerates 
World Cup technology: from ref cams to AI analysts, cutting-edge research is changing the game 
US-Iran De-Escalation Shifts Washington’s Focus to AI Regulation and Crypto Legislation 
Mobile addiction among adults and teens has been well-documented over the past decade, with suicide rates among adolescents skyrocketing as a result of advancements in the handheld devices. According to a recent survey, nearly half of the parents in the US believe that their kids are already addicted to smartphones, tablets, and other mobile products.
The survey was conducted by Common Sense Media and SurveyMonkey, which asked 1,024 parents who had children under 18 years of age via poll various questions about technology. Among the results found is that 47 percent of parents say that their children are addicted to smartphones and other mobile devices.
Perhaps more disturbing, however, is the fact that only eight percent of the parents who admit mobile addiction in their children expressed extreme worry over how this would affect the mental health of their kids. In contrast, 36 percent say that they are not very concerned about it at all.
In a statement on Thursday, SurveyMonkey’s chief research officer, Jon Cohen also notes that the parents are more worried about their children’s mobile addiction than theirs, USA Today reports. This is despite the fact that parents are also becoming more glued to their mobile devices than ever.
"For as much attention as technology addiction receives among adults, parents — particularly those with teenagers — are far more concerned about their children's device usage than their own," Cohen said.
In response to the increasing threat of tech addiction to the health and well-being of children, even investors in major companies like Apple are now urging them to start implementing better practices in terms of how much protection they can afford younger users. Expanded parental control is among the measures being considered right now.
It doesn’t help that companies such as Facebook are ignoring warnings from children’s health advocacy groups with regards to services like Messenger Kids, either. Despite the clear signs of how dangerous tech addiction is becoming, tech giants seem intent on targeting younger and younger audiences for the sake of profit.
