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Australia’s Social Media Age Limit Policy Delays Account Creation, Not Access to Content
The policy has been widely mischaracterized
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Ravi Iyer
 and 
Jon Haidt
40
Meta’s AI Companion Policy Is Outrageous
They will only truly change it when the law requires them to do so
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Casey Mock
57
We Are Rushing Into the Same Mistakes We Made With Social Media
Let’s press pause on AI chatbots for kids
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Gaia Bernstein
32
How Is Your New School Phone Policy Working?
Introducing the TAPS: Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools
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Jason Lu
, 
Sarah Wu
, 
Sunny Xun Liu
, and 
Zach Rausch
22
How to Legislate in a Half-Known World
Why lawmakers should act on a “rational basis review” of the available evidence, rather than waiting for definitive proof.
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Casey Mock
10
Eight Policy Principles to Guide our Relationship with Digital Technology
Policies have enabled cars and airplanes to be used safely. No such policies exist for social media or AI. Progress is being made to fix this…
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Ravi Iyer
19
What Careless People Teaches Us About the Tech Lobby’s Playbook
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ new book shows us that “It didn’t have to be this way”
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Casey Mock
15
Congress Must Pass KOSA By Christmas. The Only Obstacle Seems to be Meta’s Influence
Now that Elon and X have addressed the last free speech concerns, the House leadership should allow it to come up for a vote.
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Jon Haidt
 and 
Zach Rausch
45
The Tech Industry’s Playbook To Prevent Regulation
The Tech Industry is using an old trick – shifting the responsibility entirely to us
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Gaia Bernstein
28
Scott Galloway Explains Why Age Gating Social Media Is Both Necessary and Doable
The companies can do it, but they're incentivized to fight it
112
Why Australia is Setting a Minimum Age of 16 for Creating a Social Media Account
A member of the Australian Parliament lays it out for us
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Andrew Leigh
92
A Mission for Businesses and Entrepreneurs: Help Bring Back Childhood
Market forces got us into this mess, and market forces can help us escape
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Jess Butcher
39
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