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Talking TikTok: A Family Guide

Welcome to MediaSmarts’ guide for families on navigating TikTok safely! In this resource we provide insights and practical tips for parents, guardians, caregivers and teachers to ensure a secure and positive experience for your teens on TikTok.
Digital Citizenship, Digital Health, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Social Networking

How young people engage with news

While young people use and engage with news differently from older generations, they continue to value concepts such as trustworthiness and fairness.
Journalism & News

Managing media in middle childhood (6-9 years old)

Helping Kids Build Safe and Smart Digital HabitsParents can focus on helping kids this age explore safely by choosing high-quality experiences, setting clear boundaries, and teaching them how to recognize when something feels off.
Digital Health, Internet & Mobile, Marketing & Consumerism, Movies, Parents, Privacy, Television

Generative AI

Generative AI is what we call AI systems that can generate things like images, video, voice and text. They do this by first encoding many examples of the kind of content they’re going to make, then decoding to make something new.
Artificial intelligence