{
  "id": 16737929,
  "title": "‘My social life completely plummeted’: gen Z is fighting back against big tech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/my-social-life-completely-plummeted-gen-z-is-fighting-back-against",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/27/gen-z-digital-detox-apps"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "From apps that block distractions to stripped-down phones, young people are finding ways to unplug from platforms they say profit from their attention Nelissa Moukoudi, 19, a university student in Canada, noticed a shift once she joined Instagram and TikTok. “My social life completely plummeted and it felt like my life was only [using] social media and school,” she said. Continue reading...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}