THINKING
Tanya writes regularly on tech ethics, 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.
How to quit Facebook
The deluge of negative press about Facebook might lead you to think you’d like to delete it for good. But do you know how to quit Facebook?
Facebook leaks: app accused of putting profits before safety
In Facebook leaks, whistleblower Frances Haugen accused the company of putting its astronomical profits before the safety of its users.
Students don’t want another year of online teaching
With online classes replacing campus lectures, UK students expected in-person learning to resume once lockdown ended. This hasn’t been the case and they’re not happy.
Mark Zuckerberg won’t be saying sorry
The barrage of stories criticising Facebook will no longer be met with an apology from Mark Zuckerberg, after an alleged internal strategy change.
Will the UK’s new Children’s Code make the Internet a safer place for children?
The UK’s Children’s Code is the first global statutory code of practice for the data protection of young people online, will it make them safer?
My new book, ‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’, launches in the UK
My third book ‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open: How to Untangle Our Relationship with Tech’ launches today, 21st September 2021, in the UK.
Facebook knows Instagram is bad for teen mental health
Leaked documents reveal Facebook has known Instagram contributes to poor teen mental health for some years, despite public denials.
Cyberflashing: Why Is It Legal?
Up to a third of all women report being harassed online by cyberflashing (being sent unsolicited nude images). Why isn’t it illegal?
In Praise of Print: Why Learning on Screens May Be Worse For Our Brains
As learning on screens by using digital texts, becomes more and more a part of education: does print still have some advantages?
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."