Irish Examiner View: Dr Google advises ... Depression and social media

It may be a moot point whether we understand more about how depression changes so many lives or how social media is, knowingly or unknowingly, changing our world.

Irish Examiner View: Dr Google advises ... Depression and social media

It may be a moot point whether we understand more about how depression changes so many lives or how social media is, knowingly or unknowingly, changing our world.

Nevertheless, the two issues come together in a new study from Trinity College Dublin and Lancaster University. It suggests that tech giants Google and Apple could do an awful lot more to help protect vulnerable children who might be susceptible to depression from accessing unsuitable, potentially dangerous, sites.

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