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By Titha Ghosh Anantya always had a knack for recording herself on camera–be it unboxing toys or playing dress-up. Now as missmyanand, 13-year-old Anantya is a social media personality with 13.7 million followers on YouTube and 600,000 followers on Instagram. The ‘influencer’ culture has grown rapidly over the past decade and that includes child personalities or “kidfluencers” with large followings on social media. These pages are usually run by the children themselves or their family members. Anantya’s page is managed by her mother Nisha, who says their first upload was 9 years ago. “We recor...
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By Titha Ghosh Sushil, an eleven-year-old boy, sat at the Nehru Place Junction with his eyes glued to the phone. At a few minutes past 7 in the morning, the rest of his family still slept inside mosquito nets, some tossing and turning as the quiet of the dawn dissipated and more cars gathered at the crossing. Sushil was watching reels on Instagram. “Mera bhai mujhe raat ko apna phone deta hai, aur subah le leta hai. Usske beech mein main videos dekhta hoon.” (My brother lends me his phone at night and takes it back in the morning. I use it in between to watch videos). In a green tank top, with...
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By Kaisar Andrabi A global survey conducted across 40 countries including India, reveals concerning implications for children given smartphones or tablets at a young age. The study suggests children exposed to smartphones at a young age are more likely to experience mental health problems as young adults. On May 15, the study was conducted by US-based non-profit Sapien Labs, who had collected data from 27,969 young adults aged 18 to 24, with approximately 4,000 respondents from India. It reads: Young adults who owned smartphones during early childhood reported higher rates of suicidal thoughts...
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