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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
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Zach Rausch
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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
27
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
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Scott Galloway
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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
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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
The Surgeon General Has New Social Media Guidelines. Minnesota Already Made Some of Them Into Law.
As Minnesota’s policies gain national attention, their recent social media law is an example worth following.
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Ravi Iyer
53
A Gen Z Perspective on Why We Must Pass the Kids Online Safety Act
Social media holds immense promise to connect us. But to reap the benefits, we need to regulate it first.
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Sam Hiner
48
How Apple, Google, and Microsoft Can Help Parents Protect Children
The case for device-based age verification
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Ravi Iyer
34
​​​​​Keeping Our Kids Safe Online​​
Reflections from a bereaved mother
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Kristin Bride
30
The Case for Phone-Free Schools
The research is clear: Smartphones undermine attention, learning, relationships, and belonging.
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Jon Haidt
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