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The playgrounds of Tamil Nadu that once resonated with the lively sounds of pallanguzhi, gilli-danda and pambaram are gradually falling silent, as a growing number of youngsters shift their attention to video games, mobile apps and PlayStation consoles.

The average American checks their phone over 140 times a day, clocking an average of 4.5 hours of daily use, with 57% of people admitting they’re “addicted” to their phone. Tech companies, influencers and other content creators compete for all that attention, which has incentivised the rise of misinformation.

The government has given X additional time till January 7 to submit a detailed Action Taken Report after it issued a stern warning to the Elon Musk-led social media platform over indecent and sexually-explicit content being generated through misuse of AI-based services like ‘Grok’ and other tools.