Tag: social media

Safety versus connectivity: What Caribbean countries can learn from global tech bans

Safety versus connectivity: What Caribbean countries can learn from global tech bans

Posted by | 30 Jan 2026 |

For years, there has been a growing concern about the impact of social media and prolonged digital access on the mental health and development of children. In the past year, Australia has implemented a social media ban for children under the age of 16, whilst Denmark has banned students’ use of mobile/cellular phones in schools, with other countries in advanced stages of implementing similar measures. However, what can Caribbean countries learn from these tech bans? We discuss.

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ICTP 368: Digital addiction trends, signs and what to do about it, with Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Rodney Stewart

ICTP 368: Digital addiction trends, signs and what to do about it, with Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Rodney Stewart

Posted by | 17 Sep 2025 |

The internet and social media are powerful and indispensable tools in daily life, but at the same time, they can be harmful to our mental health. With Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Rodney Stewart, who we first had on the Podcast in 2019, we discuss the mental health challenges that have been emerging due to extensive digital technology use, including: the types of mental health challenges people have been experiencing since we last spoke; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on internet use and our mental health; whether our digital life will become more important than our real life; and key signs that someone has a problematic relationship with social media or the internet.

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ICTP 357: AI and Caribbean blogs, the AI dilemma, and the changing social media landscape

ICTP 357: AI and Caribbean blogs, the AI dilemma, and the changing social media landscape

Posted by | 25 Jun 2025 |

In our June 2025 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, print and web journalist, Mylène Colmar  of Guadeloupe, and Simone Passmore, the Chief Executive Officer of Webstylze in Barbados, the panel discusses: whether AI is signalling the end of Caribbean blogs; the AI dilemma of mitigating the risks and maximising the good; and the changing social media landscape

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