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Social Media/AI Use Effects on Mental Health to Include Online Harassment

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  2. Hart, R. (2025, Aug 5), Chatbots Can Trigger a Mental Health Crisis. What to Know About ‘AI Psychosis’, Time, https://time.com/7307589/ai-psychosis-chatgpt-mental-health/
  3. Alter, C. (2025, Aug 4)  Inside the Parent-Led Movement For Phone-Free Schools, Time https://time.com/7307163/parent-movement-phone-free-schools/?_bhlid=b5760ade4572797bd947c2e1ce425b6044ab6afc
  4. Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (2025, Jun 11), Exploring the Dangers of AI in Mental Health Care, https://hai.stanford.edu/news/exploring-the-dangers-of-ai-in-mental-health-care
  5. Dupre, MH (2025, Jun 28) People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis", Futurism,  https://futurism.com/commitment-jail-chatgpt-psychosis
  6. Hill, K. (2025, June 13) They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html
  7. Stanford Human Centered Artificial Intelligence (2025, Jun 11) Exploring the Dangers of AI in Mental Health Care, https://hai.stanford.edu/news/exploring-the-dangers-of-ai-in-mental-health-care
  8. Kos'myna, N. (2025, June 10) Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task , mit media lab, https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
  9. Field, M. (2025, May 07) Mark Zuckerberg made us lonelier. Now he wants us to be friends with AI, The Telegraph, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/07/mark-zuckerberg-made-us-all-lonelier-wants-friends-ai/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first
  10. Klee, M. (2025, May 4) They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok8.VBY-.s76GQpFar8r4&referringSource=articleShare
  11. Maiberg, E. (2025, May 6) Elon Musk's Grok AI Will 'Remove Her Clothes' In Public, On X, 404media.co, https://www.404media.co/elon-musks-grok-ai-will-remove-her-clothes-in-public-on-x/
  12. Hawkins, W., Russell C., Mittelstadt B. (2025, May 6) Deepfakes on Demand: the rise of accessible non-consensual deepfake image generators, https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03859
  13. Moore, J. et al (2025, Apr 25) Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers, Cornell University, https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18412
  14. StudyFinds Staff (2025, Apr 11) Falling for Machines: The Growing World of Human-AI Romance, StudyFinds, https://studyfinds.org/falling-for-machines-the-growing-world-of-human-ai-romance/
  15. Hale, R., & Bravo, V. (2025, Feb 25), What is sextortion? This fast-growing crime targets teen boys. Here's what to do about it, USA Today, https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/02/25/sextortion-can-happen-to-anyone-what-to-do-if-youre-a-victim/79454630007/
  16. Aubrey, A. (2025, Feb 24) A break from your smartphone can reboot your mood.  Here's how long you need, USA Today, https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5304417/smartphone-break-digital-detox-screen-addiction
  17. Lytton, C (2025, Feb 13) ‘I was being groomed to rape’: The young men being taught to hate women, The Telegraph,https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/13/i-was-groomed-to-rape-by-online-incels/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first
  18. Guo, E (2025, Feb 6) An AI chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it, MIT Technology Review, https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/06/1111077/nomi-ai-chatbot-told-user-to-kill-himself/
  19. Bernardi, J. (2025, Jan 23), Friends for sale: the rise and risks of AI companions, Ada Lovelace Institute,  https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/ai-companions/
  20. Kayyali, D. (2025, Jan 9), Meta's Content Moderation Changes are Going to Have a Real World Impact. It's Not Going to be Good, Tech Policy.Press, https://www.techpolicy.press/metas-content-moderation-changes-are-going-to-have-a-real-world-impact-its-not-going-to-be-good/
  21. Luyken, J. (2024, Dec 19), Telegram ‘rape chat groups’ with up to 70,000 members uncovered, The Telegraph, https://www.yahoo.com/news/telegram-rape-chat-groups-70-142422399.html
  22. Busby, M. (2024, Dec 17), Drug Dealers Have Moved on to Social Media, Wired, https://www.wired.com/story/drug-dealers-have-move
  23. Boburg, S., Dehghanpoor, C. (2024, Dec 10), He was suicidal and needed help. Online predators pushed him to take his life on camera and-onto-social-media, Washington Post, https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/10/he-was-suicidal-and-needed-help-online-predators-pushed-him-to-take-his-life-on-camera/76898462007/
  24. Clark, A. & Mahtani, M/ (2024, Nov 14) Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die.", CBS News, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-chatbot-threatening-message-human-please-die/
  25. Chen, B. (2024, Nov 10), How Tech Created a ‘Recipe for Loneliness’, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/technology/personaltech/technology-loneliness.html
  26. Yang, A. (2024, Oct 23), Lawsuit claims Character.AI is responsible for teen's suicide, NBC News, https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/characterai-lawsuit-florida-teen-death-rcna176791After
  27. Harrison Dupre, M. (2024, Oct 29) After Teen's Suicide, Character.AI Is Still Hosting Dozens of Suicide-Themed Chatbots, Futurism.com,  https://futurism.com/suicide-chatbots-character-ai
  28. Mahari, R & Pataranutaporn, P (2024, Aug 5) We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’, MIT Technology Review, https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/05/1095600/we-need-to-prepare-for-addictive-intelligence/
  29. Orenstein, P. (2024, Apr 12), The Troubling Trend in Teenage Sex, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/opinion/choking-teen-sex-brain-damage.html
  30. Hunter, T. (2023, Apr 11), They left social media for good. Are they happier?, The Washington Post, https://wapo.st/3UxkBfO
  31. Xiang, C. (2023, March 30), 'He Would Still Be Here': Man Dies by Suicide After Talking with AI Chatbot, Widow Says, Motherboard Tech By Vice, https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkadgm/man-dies-by-suicide-after-talking-with-ai-chatbot-widow-says
  32. Oliver, D. (2023, Mar 28) Feeling like you've been subtly tricked? It might be 'ambient gaslighting', USA Today, https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/03/28/ambient-gaslighting-manipulation-definition-explained/11514894002/
  33. Benson, T. (2022, Oct 3), The High Cost of Living Your Life Online, Wired, https://www.wired.com/story/privacy-psychology-social-media/
  34. Romero, A. (2022, Jul 15), TikTok Is the Perfect Social Media — Here’s Why You Should Delete It, Medium,  https://albertoromgar.medium.com/tiktok-is-the-perfect-social-media-heres-why-you-should-delete-it-5ae60596a389
  35. Mozilla, (2022, May 2), Top Mental Health and Prayer Apps Fail Spectacularly at Privacy, Security, https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/top-mental-health-and-prayer-apps-fail-spectacularly-at-privacy-security/
  36. Lorenz, T. & Dwoskin, E. (2022, Apr 6), Some women shared the messages they get on Instagram. It’s not pretty, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/06/instagram-women-harassment/
  37. Jankowicz, Nina (2022, Jan 21), The Internet is Failing Moms-to-Be, Wired,  https://www.wired.com/story/pregnancy-apps-disinformation/
  38. Bak-Coleman, J. (2021, Nov 24), The thousands of vulnerable people harmed by Facebook and Instagram are lost in Meta's "average user" data, The Conversation,  https://theconversation.com/the-thousands-of-vulnerable-people-harmed-by-facebook-and-instagram-are-lost-in-metas-average-user-data-172119
  39. Thompson, D. (2021, Sep 17), Social Media Is Attention Alcohol, The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/social-media-attention-alcohol-booze-instagram-twitter/620101/
  40. Laidlaw, K. (2021, Sep 9), Rain Boots, Turning Tides, and the Search for a Missing Boy, Wired, https://www.wired.com/story/search-missing-boy-dylan-ehler-nova-scotia/
  41. Flanagan, C. (2021, July 5), You Really Need to Quit Twitter, The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/twitter-addict-realizes-she-needs-rehab/619343/
  42. Lembke, A. (2021, Aug 13),  Digital Addictions Are Drowning Us in Dopamine, The Wall Street Journal,  https://www.wsj.com/articles/digital-addictions-are-drowning-us-in-dopamine-11628861572
  43. Tech Transparency Project (TTP) Investigation: YouTube Fails to Remove Vaccine Conspiracies, (2021, June 1),  https://mailchi.mp/4b3e3cfa0371/ttp-investigation-youtube-fails-to-remove-vaccine-conspiracies?e=64cdb2dcb6
  44. Hilditch, C. (2021, Jan 23), Technology Will Destroy Us, National Review  https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/01/technology-will-destroy-us/
  45. Cyberbullying Fact Sheet: Identification, Prevention, and Response (2020), Cyberbullying Research Center, https://cyberbullying.org/cyberbullying-fact-sheet-identification-prevention-and-response
  46. What To Do When Your Child Cyberbullies Others: Top Ten Tips for Parents, Cyberbullying Research Center, https://cyberbullying.org/what-to-do-when-your-child-cyberbullies-others
  47. The Science Behind Suicide and Diseases of the Mind, https://sciencebehindsuicideandmentalhealthconditions.com/
  48. Haidt, J & Rose-Stockwell, T. (2019, Dec) The Dark Psychology of Social Networks,  The Atlantic,  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/social-media-democracy/600763/
  49. Alderman, L. (2017, May 2), The Phones We Love Too Much, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/well/mind/the-phones-we-love-too-much.html
  50. Levy, S (2015), This is Your Brain on Twitter, Wired,  https://www.wired.com/2015/02/this-is-your-brain-on-twitter/


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