Foundering

How Tech is Harming its Most Vulnerable Users

06.19.2018 - By BloombergPlay

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When Jared was just a pre-teen his childhood hobby, playing video games, morphed into a  compulsive and eventually harmful obsession. Years later, he's still working to move  past it, and he's not alone. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Pia Gadkari goes  to Boston to meet Jared and his pediatrician Dr Michael Rich, whose research shows there  are mental health repercussions for some children who spend hours online. Pia explores what  parents as well as tech companies can do to identify — and address — the problem. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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