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Dec 2025 | The Conversation
A ban on social media for under-16s in Australia comes into effect on December 10 2025. Young people will see their accounts deactivated, with social media companies responsible for enacting the ban.
Jan 2026 | Crisis-Response Journal
Jessica Ringrose and Giselle Woodley argue that tackling AI abuse requires both education reform and platform accountability.
2022 | The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
Whilst research into the association between social media and mental health is growing, clinical interest in the field has been dominated by a lack of theoretical integration and a focus on pathological patterns of use. Here we present a trans-diagnostic cognitive behavioural conceptualisation of the positive and negative roles of social media use in adolescence
Dec 2025 | The Guardian
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
Nov 2025 | Metro UK
Experts are warning of a new mental health concern dubbed ‘AI psychosis’....
Nov 2025 | BBC Women's Hour
A survey of boys in secondary schools by Male Allies UK has found that just over a third said they were considering the idea of an AI friend. With growing concern about the rise of AI therapists and girlfriends, Lee Chambers, the founder and chief executive of Male Allies UK, and feminist sociologist Professor Jessica Ringrose, join Nuala McGovern to discuss the potential effect these AI companions could have on the mental health of teenage boys.