{"id":2020768,"date":"2023-09-03T10:46:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T14:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dr-phil-warns-ted-cruz-that-dangerous-chaos-agents-are-targeting-kids-with-algorithms\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T10:48:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T14:48:54","slug":"watch-dr-phil-warns-ted-cruz-that-dangerous-chaos-agents-are-targeting-kids-with-algorithms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dr-phil-warns-ted-cruz-that-dangerous-chaos-agents-are-targeting-kids-with-algorithms\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Phil cautions Ted Cruz about harmful algorithms targeting children."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fwatch-dr-phil-warns-ted-cruz-that-dangerous-chaos-agents-are-targeting-kids-with-algorithms%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=2020768&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--><h2>The Targeting of America&#8217;s Youth Through Social\u200b Media: A Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent\u200c podcast hosted by \u2062Republican Sen.\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KtbNN8sBAlI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Cruz<\/a> \u2063of Texas, Dr. Phil \u200cMcGraw, the renowned host of the TV show \u200b&#8221;Dr. \u200cPhil,&#8221; expressed his\u2063 concerns about the targeting of America&#8217;s youth\u200d through social media.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cruz highlighted \u200bthe fact that today&#8217;s kids\u2063 face pressures that are qualitatively different from what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-phil-to-ted-cruz-if-you-want-to-create-chaos-in-society-you-start-by-attacking-the-children\/\" title=\"Dr. Phil advises Ted Cruz: Targeting children is the first step to causing societal chaos.\">previous generations experienced<\/a>. \u2062He \u2062emphasized the alarming influence of\u200c social media\u200b on young minds and\u200c asked Dr. Phil about his worries and \u200cwhat parents should do \u2063about it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Well, \u2063a lot\u200d about it worries me because it&#8217;s not\u200d just that there&#8217;s competing information out there,&#8221; McGraw responded. &#8220;Our children today \u2014 and if I sound\u200d like a conspiracy nut, let\u200c me tell you,\u200d I&#8217;m not a conspiracy nut \u2014 and I ask anybody that&#8217;s listening to my voice right now, I&#8217;ve \u2014 \u2064you said I&#8217;ve \u200cwritten nine books. That&#8217;s true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of \u2064the things I talk \u200cabout\u200c is the fact that our children \u200baren&#8217;t just being exposed, they&#8217;re \u2062being targeted,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And when I say targeted, I wrote a \u200cbook\u200c in, I think, \u200b2004\u2063 called &#8216;Family First.&#8217;\u200d And at that time, I said the family in America is under attack, that \u2062families \u200bin America \u200bare under attack. The family unit, the family values, everything that families stand\u2063 for in America\u2062 are under \u2063attack. This was 20 years ago. Let me tell you, it is so much worse now \u200cthan it was then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dr. Phil emphasized \u2064that\u2063 social media sites pose a\u2063 major threat to children. He shared\u200c a shocking example of a research study \u200cwhere a fake account was \u200ccreated for a 14-year-old girl. Within hours, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dr-phil-warns-ted-cruz-that-dangerous-chaos-agents-are-targeting-kids-with-algorithms\/\" title=\"Dr. Phil cautions Ted Cruz about harmful algorithms targeting children.\">started receiving toxic information related<\/a> to\u200d eating disorders and suicidality.\u200d The algorithm behind social media platforms feeds \u200cusers what they are likely \u200bto click on, amplifying the\u2063 exposure to harmful\u200d content.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Phil, these\u2062 attacks on children not only harm individuals but also erode\u2063 society as \u2064a whole. He stated, &#8220;If you want to create chaos in a society, where do \u200cyou \u2063start? You attack the children.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-talks-out-of-both-sides-of-his-mouth-on-inflation\/\" title=\"Biden Talks Out of Both Sides of His Mouth on Inflation\">current high levels<\/a> of anxiety, depression, and \u200cloneliness among young people are clear indicators of \u2063the detrimental effects of social media.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple studies support Dr. Phil&#8217;s concerns. An advisory released by the Office of the \u2064Surgeon General highlights\u2062 the increased \u2064risk of\u200d poor\u2064 mental health\u2064 outcomes for\u2064 adolescents who spend more than three hours per day on social media. \u2063Additionally, a study conducted \u2062by the Mayo Clinic found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/excessive-social-media-use-is-no-1-concern-for-parents-as-kids-head-back-to-school-new-poll\/\" title=\"New poll reveals parents' top concern as kids return to school: excessive social media use.\">excessive social media<\/a>\u2063 use predicts poor mental health and well-being in teens.<\/p>\n<p>The targeting of America&#8217;s \u200cyouth through social media is a\u200c pressing\u200c crisis that demands attention and action from\u2062 parents, educators,\u200d and \u200bpolicymakers. It is\u200c crucial \u200dto protect\u2062 our \u2063children from\u200d the harmful influence\u2062 of\u200b algorithms and ensure their well-being\u2062 in the digital age.<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-dr-phil-warns-ted-cruz-dangerous-chaos-agents-targeting-kids-algorithms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u200b Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Phil McGraw recently highlighted the crisis of social media targeting America&#8217;s youth. Speaking on a podcast hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz, he emphasized the unique pressures faced by kids today, acknowledging that they differ significantly from previous generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2020769,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2020768","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}