{"id":2019848,"date":"2023-09-01T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T00:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-phil-warns-chaos-agents-are-strategically-targeting-children-with-social-media\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T20:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T00:16:45","slug":"dr-phil-warns-chaos-agents-are-strategically-targeting-children-with-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-phil-warns-chaos-agents-are-strategically-targeting-children-with-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Phil cautions about deliberate targeting of kids on social media by &#8216;chaos&#8217; agents."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdr-phil-warns-chaos-agents-are-strategically-targeting-children-with-social-media%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019848&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>In a \u2063Friday appearance \u200don \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/dr-phil-joins-in-an-exclusive-one-on-one-parenting\/id1495601614?i=1000626430899\">Verdict<\/a>,\u201d\u200c the popular podcast hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Phil\u2064 McGraw argued children are \u201cbeing\u200b targeted with what\u2063 they will\u2064 click on, full-well knowing that it creates anxiety, depression, loneliness, \u2064confusion,\u2062 self-hatred.\u201d McGraw, the longtime\u2064 host of \u201cDr. Phil,\u201d\u200b posed a\u2063 poignant \u2062question. \u201cIf you want to create chaos in a society, where do you\u2064 start? You \u200battack \u200cthe children.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Social media is an\u200c unprecedented and pervasive problem, according to Cruz.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cFrom the perspective of parents \u200cand\u200c grandparents, the pressures that are on our kids right now are qualitatively\u200b different from what we experienced,\u201d he said.\u2062 \u201cI\u200b mean, they\u2019re just assaulted online with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/janet-yellen-had-four-orders-of-potentially-hallucinogenic-dish-does-this-explain-her-strange-behavior\/\" title=\"Did Janet Yellen's Hallucinogenic Meal Cause Her Odd Actions?\">social\u2064 media<\/a>, they\u2019re confronted with\u2063 themes and\u2063 messaging and influence that is deliberately poisoning them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1013347496\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-687550892dc3108edab65ada5ec344dc fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-687550892dc3108edab65ada5ec344dc\"><\/div>\n<p>This is an increasingly daunting reality for parents. According to McGraw, many struggle to grasp the issue. \u201cPeople don\u2019t \u2064understand algorithms, including me,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I got myself in touch with\u2063 experts that do understand this.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The experts cited by McGraw draw alarming conclusions. The television host detailed an experiment\u200b where researchers \u200dcreated fake social media profiles of a 14-year-old female. \u200cAlgorithms served up\u2062 \u201cinformation that led \u2062her \u2063to eating disorder \u2062sites, suicidality sites, different kinds of things that were\u200b really unhealthy,\u201d he said. These archers enhanced the test by typing in\u2063 the words \u201cweight loss,\u201d\u2064 and the results were \u201cshocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe algorithm \u2063picked up those\u00a0words\u00a0and what \u200dthey do is they feed you\u2062 what you\u00a0will click\u00a0on,\u201d \u2063McGraw\u200c explained. \u201cSo,\u00a0it\u2064 was like\u00a010\u00a0times more toxic information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The negative feedback\u200b loop pushed by these toxic social media platforms\u2062 creates larger, \u200bdamaging trends. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf\">study<\/a> from\u200d the U.S. Department of Health and \u2062Human Services, \u201cadolescents who spent more than\u2062 3 hours per day on social media \u200bfaced double \u2064the risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-phil-warns-chaos-agents-are-strategically-targeting-children-with-social-media\/\" title=\"Dr. Phil cautions about deliberate targeting of kids on social media by 'chaos' agents.\">experiencing poor mental health\u200c outcomes including symptoms<\/a> of depression \u200dand anxiety.\u201d\u2063 <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ffcae784ad3900a7dc9ba440cd8bbe9f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ffcae784ad3900a7dc9ba440cd8bbe9f\"><\/div>\n<p>The\u2063 same HHS study found up to\u2063 95 percent\u2064 of kids aged\u200c 13-17 use\u200d social media, with a third of\u200c them using it \u201calmost constantly.\u201d \u200b <\/p>\n<h3>In his conversation with Cruz, McGraw said \u2064parents \u2063should be\u200d wary of their children\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-adam-faces-heavy-financial-losses-but-dwayne-johnson-puts-positive-spin-on-dc-films-profits\/\" title=\"\u201cBlack Adam\u201d Faces Heavy Financial Losses but Dwayne Johnson Puts Positive Spin on DC Film\u2019s Profits\">social media exposure<\/a>, especially because we don\u2019t understand\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-suggests-pregnant-women-vaccinated-for-covid-19-may-pass-on-antibodies-to-infants\/\" title=\"Study Suggests Pregnant Women Vaccinated For COVID-19 May Pass On Antibodies To Infants\">long-term effects<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIf you get\u200b them\u2062 to hate\u00a0themselves,\u00a0be\u200c questioned\u00a0about\u00a0who they are, what \u200bthey are,\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0that\u200c going to do to the next\u2063 generation and \u2063the next\u2064 generation?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c136fe09499543c9e7ab916cb8dcabbe fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c136fe09499543c9e7ab916cb8dcabbe\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent episode of Sen. Ted Cruz&#8217;s podcast &#8220;Verdict,&#8221; Phil McGraw expressed concern about children being deliberately exposed to content that triggers negative emotions like anxiety, depression, and loneliness. McGraw, known for hosting &#8220;Dr. Phil,&#8221; raised an important question about the intention behind creating chaos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2317,"featured_media":2019849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2019848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}