21 January 2025

DISTRACT conference in the news: debating unnecessary panic considering social media

Politiken: Frygtfluencere skaber unødig panik. Det er for let at gøre sociale medier til syndebuk for unges mistrivsel

On December 5th 2024, a debate based on the DISTRACT conference “Weapons of Mass Distraction” was published in the Danish newspaper Politiken. The debate mentions several speakers from the conference and their main points regarding the effects of social media, as well as the lack of scientific evidence for the claimed impacts on young people.

The full debate can be found here

 

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