Instagram, TikTok and other social media have become daily fixtures in the lives of children and young people around the world, with 59% of young people surveyed by Amnesty International now spending more than two hours of their average day on social media. Yet research on young people’s experiences on social media remains overwhelmingly focused on North America, Europe and Australia. Amnesty International collected responses from 550 children and young people between the ages of 13 and 24 across 45 countries to better understand their lived experiences, concerns and attitudes towards social media. Amidst praise for the diversity of ideas, users’ creativity and opportunities for activism that young people find on social media, two major concerns stand out: the toll harmful content and what many young participants describe as “addictive” platform design take on young people’s mental health and their feeling of powerlessness in the face of global companies’ constant nudging to participate in a vicious cycle of personal data sharing and content consumption.
‘“We are totally exposed”: Young people share concerns about social media’s impact on privacy and mental health in global survey‘, Amnesty International
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I'm the last person to demand realism in video game character design, but it does kind of bug me that when people try to make a puzzle-platformer character sexy they almost invariably go straight for the boobs. Like, the ass is right there. We are talking about a character whose standing high jump is six times her own height – all that gluteal power's gotta come from somewhere!
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Bounty Hunter
A tengu character I designed for the greatest @ WithTheFox, thank you again for trusting me with this 🖤
I'm back to comms tomorrow so you can expect updates soon 👁️
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hello everyone! i just want to let everyone know especially if you do graphic design or edits on canva to stop using their platform because according to an employee they are deleting and flagging posts in support of palestine and asking employees to not create anything in support of palestine so if you have an account on their platform and if you subscribe to their premium plan please consider deleting and unsubscribing and boycott them
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just putting this out there: if you make a character design based on something you saw on this blog, 1000% tag me. i'm a huge nerd for that sort of thing
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…ok so did the gamers (derogatory) just not know about Hades at all before now??
“Won’t be playing hades 2 it’s gone woke and lgbtq” girl you never even played the first one! Where have you been??
Like: “Bisexuals had their turn now it’s bisexuals turn” was a whole thing!! Were you asleep or something?
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