Prince Harry and Meghan Markle call on parents to challenge social media firms

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"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have called on parents to challenge social media firms, accusing them of exploiting children through manipulative algorithms. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also voiced alarm over the "explosion of unregulated artificial intelligence," highlighting their belief that technology's advantages are intrinsically linked to its risks. They referenced a ParentsTogether study where researchers, acting as children, encountered harmful interactions every five minutes with an AI chatbot. This wasn't content created by a third party. These were the companies' own chatbots working to advance their own depraved internal policies," said Prince Harry at Spring Studios in Manhattan Thursday night as he and Markle were named Humanitarians of the Year by the nonprofit Project Healthy Minds. "But here's what gives us hope: these families aren't facing this alone. To build their movement of families fighting for online safety, the couple also announced Thursday that their foundation's Parents Network would join forces with ParentsTogether."

Independent emphasizes on-the-ground reporting across issues including reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech while rejecting paywalls to keep journalism accessible. Donations fund journalists to report from both sides, support investigations and produce documentaries that parse facts from messaging. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle urged parents to challenge social media firms over manipulative algorithms and warned about an explosion of unregulated artificial intelligence, linking technological benefits to risks. They cited a ParentsTogether study where researchers posing as children encountered harmful AI chatbot interactions every five minutes and announced a partnership to build a movement for online safety.

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