{"id":329363,"date":"2026-03-26T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-social-media-hazardous-to-our-kids-health-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:00:39","slug":"is-social-media-hazardous-to-our-kids-health-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-social-media-hazardous-to-our-kids-health-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is social media hazardous to our kids\u2019 health? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ASaKkRk5pUQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is social media hazardous to our kids\u2019 health? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ASaKkRk5pUQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable for building platforms with addictive design feature that harm children.  Is this the beginning of a reckoning for social media?  Countries such as Australia are banning social media for young people.   Is this enough?   What role do parents play is protecting the mental health of their kids from a world of infinite scrolling?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be speaking to:<br \/>\nDr Belinda Barnet, a Senior Lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia<br \/>\nChristian Montag, a Distinguished Professor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Associate Director of the Institute of Collaborative Innovation at the University of Macau in China<br \/>\nProfessor Matthias C. Kettemann, Head of Department and Professor of Innovation, Theory and Philosophy of Law at the University of Innsbruck in Austria<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable for building platforms with addictive design feature that harm children. Is this the beginning of a reckoning for social media? Countries such as Australia are banning social media for young people. Is this enough? 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