People Have Died From Excessive Video Game Use. Seriously.
By B.N. Frank Are some addictions more harmful than others? Does it seem like the answer depends on who you ask and when? GenXers and…
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“60 Minutes” Covers Lawyers Who Sued Big Tobacco (and Won) Suing Big Pharma on Opioids. When Will It Big Tech’s Turn for Kids and Screen Addiction?
By B.N. Frank Earlier this week, 60 Minutes aired a segment about lawyers suing pharmaceutical companies and distributors for their role in creating the national…
Is There a Link Between Tech Addiction Among Teens and Public Policy?
Op-Ed by Chloe Anagnos Technology has made everybody’s lives better, creating opportunities for entrepreneurs in medicine, manufacturing, and any other field you can imagine. But…
NPR on “Fortnite” Video Game Addiction in Kids and Adults: Same Heartbreaking Stories – Different Day.
By B.N. Frank Yesterday NPR’s “On Point” featured an interview with four experts about a popular video game: “‘Fortnite’ Reaches New Level Of Video Game…
Psychologists Call Out Tech Industry and the Psychologists They Hire to Design Programs to Hook Kids on Tech
By B.N. Frank While American public school systems collectively spent billions to provide “high tech” educations to students, Silicon Valley parents have been limiting their…
Bill Maher on Social Media Tycoons Being “Tobacco Farmers in T-Shirts Selling an Addictive Product to Children” Seems Tragically Accurate
By B.N. Frank Over the last few weeks, Activist Post, The New York Times, Fox News many other media outlets have been reporting about Silicon…
Brave New Digital World: The Revelation — Full Version
By Jeff Einstein “Brave New Digital World: The Revelation packs more common sense and clear insight into 45 minutes than the entire Silicon Valley —…
The Rise of Fascism in a Brave New Digital World
By Jeff Einstein “There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without…
NY Times Article Follow-up by Fox News: Silicon Valley Parents’ Extreme Measures to Ban Kids’ Use and Exposure to Screens
By B.N. Frank Desperate times call for desperate measures. Just yesterday, Activist Post reported on the NY Times articles about Silicon Valley parents’ banning their…
Parents Given Nearly $5 Million After Officers Ignored Teen Daughter as She Died in Jail
By Matt Agorist Lebanon, PA — Victoria ‘Tori’ Herr, 18, died in Lebanon County Correctional Facility after police refused to provide her with medical care…
Tragic Consequences from Digital Addiction Now Include German Children Drowning Because Parents Are Distracted by Their Phones
By B.N. Frank “The Opioid Crisis” is hurting people all over the world – not just the addicts. Funding has been approved in the U.S….
Study Reveals 45% of American Teens Are Online “Almost Constantly.” Research Reveals Software and WiFi Radiation Causes Addicted Behavior.
By B.N. Frank According to a recent survey, 45% of American teens say they are online “almost constantly,” about double of what it was 3…
Teacher Posts 2nd Grader’s Wish that Cell Phones Didn’t Exist Due to Parents’ Heavy Use. How Digital Addiction is Hurting Us All.
By B.N. Frank An article about this 2nd grader’s wish was first posted on May 24, 2018: The child’s teacher, Jen Adams Beason, shared a…
Tech Industry Promoting Devices They Claim Not As Addictive Is Like Big Tobacco Manufacturing “Safer” Cigarettes And Smoking Cessation Products
By B.N. Frank There has been A LOT of finger pointing at the Tech Industry for manufacturing and marketing products that have led to digital…