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Episode Notes
In between a 3rd and half of American schoolchildren have a type of “psychological health tracking” software application on their school gadgets, which scans for and flags particular keywords.
While intuitively enticing, is it worth the incorrect positives, personal privacy concerns, and jeopardized trust?
Visitor: Ellen Barry, psychological health press reporter for the New York Times.
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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Patrick Fort, and Cheyna Roth.
