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.
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.
‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’ launches in Asia
My latest book ‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’ has launched in Asia, with the Thai edition out now and a Vietnamese edition following soon.
Your Face: The Final (Privacy) Frontier
Facial recognition tech allows us to unlock our mobile phones, set up a bank account, or go through borders. But there are privacy risks.
Beware ‘Bossware’
Bossware, proliferating since the pandemic, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manage or monitor a company’s employees. It’s not infallible.
The Social Nyet-Work
Russia’s blocking of Facebook and Twitter is part of a bigger ideological battle to control the free internet which may create a ‘splinternet’.
Will This War Be Won By Cyber Weapons, Not On The Battlefield?
Will the war for Ukraine be won, not by conventional weapons on the battlefield, but by cyber weapons in a digital war?
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."