THINKING
Tanya writes regularly on digital wellbeing, digital detox, Big Tech, screen-life balance, cybersafety, AI, persuasive tech, the attention economy and other topical issues related to the digital world.
Why TikTok Is So Hard to Put Down
If you’re one of the app’s 1 billion active users you might have wondered why TikTok is so hard to put down? It’s designed that way.
Your Zoom Call Just Got Even More Uncomfortable
Imagine being on a Zoom call and the person the other end is getting real-time indications that you’re bored, annoyed, or even lying – that’s the promise of ’emotion AI’.
The Real Threat from Deep Fakes
Should we be worried that we can tell a computer-generated image of a human face from the real thing less than half the time?
Are We all Addicted to Our Phones Now?
As the relentless march of the attention economy and persuasive tech takes its toll, are we all now suffering from phone addiction?
My tech ethics podcast ‘It’s Complicated’ is back for Series 7
My tech ethics podcast ‘It’s Complicated’ returns for its 7th series with inspiring guests to help you untangle your relationship with tech.
The Online Safety Bill Inches Closer
The UK’s Online Safety Bill gets its second reading this week. The Bill will put safety at the heart of the internet experience for UK users.
Twitter’s Edit Button Won’t Fix The Real Problems
Twitter has announced it’s working on an edit button. But correcting typos and honing witticisms are the least of its users’ problems.
Learn How to ‘Pre-bunk’ To Help Fight Misinformation
It turns out none of us are very good at spotting misinformation, even though we like to think we are. A new method could help.
Social media affects girls’ and boys’ mental health at different ages
A new study has found that negative links between social media and mental health may appear in girls and boys at different ages.
BOOKS
Tanya is the author of three books on our complicated relationship with technology:
‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’, ‘Off.’ and ‘Stop Staring at Screens’ are all out now.
My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open
“Highly readable…attainable and realistic ways to reduce technology use and alleviate the burdens it can place on us as individuals and on our relationships.”
OFF: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life
"She presents simple ideas alongside practical suggestions for how to implement them - leaving you inspired and motivated by the end."
Stop Staring at Screens!
"Perhaps the best compliment I can pay this is that as soon as I started reading this, my 13-year-old son started looking over my shoulder, and in short order said, "I want to read this as soon as you're done. And I want to do this."