Create an agreed‑upon, open standard for objectively measuring adolescents’ digital exposure (passive telemetry, app‑level categorization, time‑stamped context tags) that cohort studies, platforms and funders must use or map to. The standard would include data‑provenance rules, minimal privacy protections, and a common set of exposure categories (social, educational, entertainment, self‑harm content, etc.).
— If adopted, research would move from conflicting self‑report studies to comparable, high‑quality evidence that can underpin policy on schools, platform regulation and youth mental‑health services.
BeauHD
2026.01.16
80% relevant
Because the Manchester team relied on self‑reported weekday minutes and still found null prospective effects, the article underscores the need (and provides impetus) for the existing idea’s call to adopt standardized, objective telemetry (passive app logs, time‑use panels) and publish comparable metrics for policy use.
Tyler Cowen
2026.01.13
36% relevant
Both this article and the existing idea emphasize how measurement choices in education and youth policy change downstream inference and policy; grade inflation is another measurement artifact that must be standardized and transparently reported before acting on apparent trends.
2025.04.02
100% relevant
Nature explicitly criticizes reliance on self‑reported screen time and calls for researchers and tech firms to improve measurement and transparency.
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