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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Aging Facebook

    Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Facebook’s launch. But while the site is still going strong for now, its users are aging. We take a look at the social media sites young people are actually using, and why a lot of adults haven’t heard of them. We’ll also talk about whether these sites are doing enough to keep kids safe from predators.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Facebook’s launch. But while the site is still going strong for now, its users are aging. We take a look at the social media sites young people are actually using, and why a lot of adults haven’t heard of them. We’ll also talk about whether these sites are doing enough to keep kids safe from predators.

    The full episode

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    Aging Facebook, Selling Science, and a Dystopic Income Gap
    1. 0:00Aging FacebookYou’re reading this
    2. 17:17Lab Rats: Space Jump Edition
    3. 25:40Chang-Rae Lee: The Future of Rich and Poor?
    4. 39:22The Geopolitics of Foreign Film Oscars
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Gideon Lichfield

      Editor, Quartz

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      Will Oremus

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Aging Facebook, Selling Science, and a Dystopic Income Gap
    1. 0:00Aging FacebookYou’re reading this
    2. 17:17Lab Rats: Space Jump Edition
    3. 25:40Chang-Rae Lee: The Future of Rich and Poor?
    4. 39:22The Geopolitics of Foreign Film Oscars
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