Put Down Your Phone: What the Lindsay Clancy Case Is Teaching Us About Social Media and Maternal Mental Health

Social media companies make money when we stay on their platforms. They make money when we click, scroll, comment, argue, share, react, and come back to see what happened while we were gone. The algorithm is constantly learning what gets our attention, and unfortunately, the things that get our attention are often the things that make us angry, afraid, fascinated, jealous, or upset. The Lindsay Clancy case has all of those ingredients.