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How to Evaluate Phone Policies in Schools • The Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools Release, Part 2
How to Evaluate Phone Policies in Schools
The Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools Release, Part 2
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February 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
How to Evaluate Phone Policies in Schools • The Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools Release, Part 2
You Have To Be Human • I realize now that I want to be real
You Have To Be Human
I realize now that I want to be real
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February 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
You Have To Be Human • I realize now that I want to be real
Scrolling Alone • A brief history of the trade-off between convenience and connection in America
Scrolling Alone
A brief history of the trade-off between convenience and connection in America
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February 2, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Scrolling Alone • A brief history of the trade-off between convenience and connection in America
How Meta’s Lawyers Perfected the Playbook of Deceit • From Big Tobacco to Menlo Park — and the collapse of legal ethics
How Meta’s Lawyers Perfected the Playbook of Deceit
From Big Tobacco to Menlo Park — and the collapse of legal ethics
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January 20, 2026 at 4:43 PM
How Meta’s Lawyers Perfected the Playbook of Deceit • From Big Tobacco to Menlo Park — and the collapse of legal ethics
Invitation to a Zoom Call With Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch, for Paid Subscribers
Invitation to a Zoom Call With Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch, for Paid Subscribers
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January 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Invitation to a Zoom Call With Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch, for Paid Subscribers
Mountains of Evidence • Two new projects catalogue research on social media’s many harms to adolescents. Some of the strongest evidence comes from Meta.
Mountains of Evidence
Two new projects catalogue research on social media’s many harms to adolescents. Some of the strongest evidence comes from Meta.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Mountains of Evidence • Two new projects catalogue research on social media’s many harms to adolescents. Some of the strongest evidence comes from Meta.
Why Every Country Should Set 16 (or Higher) as the Minimum Age for Social Media Accounts • Four features of strong age-limit policies for countries ready to follow Australia’s brave lead
Why Every Country Should Set 16 (or Higher) as the Minimum Age for Social Media Accounts
Four features of strong age-limit policies for countries ready to follow Australia’s brave lead
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January 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Why Every Country Should Set 16 (or Higher) as the Minimum Age for Social Media Accounts • Four features of strong age-limit policies for countries ready to follow Australia’s brave lead
A Year of Real Progress for Kids • Highlights from our movement, our research, and our substack
A Year of Real Progress for Kids
Highlights from our movement, our research, and our substack
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December 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A Year of Real Progress for Kids • Highlights from our movement, our research, and our substack
The Amazing Generation is the Book Parents Have Been Asking For • Our new guide for kids ages 9–12 comes out Dec. 30.
The Amazing Generation is the Book Parents Have Been Asking For
Our new guide for kids ages 9–12 comes out Dec. 30.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Amazing Generation is the Book Parents Have Been Asking For • Our new guide for kids ages 9–12 comes out Dec. 30.
Live with Katie Couric • A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video
Live with Katie Couric
A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video
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December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Live with Katie Couric • A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video
How Tech Companies Rig Parental Guilt • Platforms profit from children’s attention while parents absorb the blame
How Tech Companies Rig Parental Guilt
Platforms profit from children’s attention while parents absorb the blame
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December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
How Tech Companies Rig Parental Guilt • Platforms profit from children’s attention while parents absorb the blame
Strong Public Support To Restrict Social Media for Children in Germany • A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media.
Strong Public Support To Restrict Social Media for Children in Germany
A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Strong Public Support To Restrict Social Media for Children in Germany • A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media.
Australia’s New Social Media Regulations Put Childhood First • Why raising the minimum age to 16 is a breakthrough for families and child safety
Australia’s New Social Media Regulations Put Childhood First
Why raising the minimum age to 16 is a breakthrough for families and child safety
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December 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Australia’s New Social Media Regulations Put Childhood First • Why raising the minimum age to 16 is a breakthrough for families and child safety
Meta’s Child Sex-Trafficking Problem • A newly unsealed court filing shows the tech giant connected children to predators on a scale much larger than previously understood
Meta’s Child Sex-Trafficking Problem
A newly unsealed court filing shows the tech giant connected children to predators on a scale much larger than previously understood
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December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Meta’s Child Sex-Trafficking Problem • A newly unsealed court filing shows the tech giant connected children to predators on a scale much larger than previously understood
The Devil’s Plan to Ruin the Next Generation • I asked ChatGPT how it would destroy America’s youth. Its answers were unsettling — and all too familiar.
The Devil’s Plan to Ruin the Next Generation
I asked ChatGPT how it would destroy America’s youth. Its answers were unsettling — and all too familiar.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Devil’s Plan to Ruin the Next Generation • I asked ChatGPT how it would destroy America’s youth. Its answers were unsettling — and all too familiar.
Don’t Give Your Child Any AI Companions • Some dangers are already clear; others won’t be known for many years.
Don’t Give Your Child Any AI Companions
Some dangers are already clear; others won’t be known for many years.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Don’t Give Your Child Any AI Companions • Some dangers are already clear; others won’t be known for many years.
Growing up Online Nearly Killed Me • A dual narrative of mother and daughter about a new school, new phone, and online grooming
Growing up Online Nearly Killed Me
A dual narrative of mother and daughter about a new school, new phone, and online grooming
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November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Growing up Online Nearly Killed Me • A dual narrative of mother and daughter about a new school, new phone, and online grooming
Sweden Went All in on Screens in Childhood. Now It’s Pulling the Plug. • How Sweden is rolling back the phone-based childhood
Sweden Went All in on Screens in Childhood. Now It’s Pulling the Plug.
How Sweden is rolling back the phone-based childhood
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November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sweden Went All in on Screens in Childhood. Now It’s Pulling the Plug. • How Sweden is rolling back the phone-based childhood
The UK Is Doing the Hard Work of Protecting Children Online • Commentary and advice from Beeban Kidron, who helped start it all
The UK Is Doing the Hard Work of Protecting Children Online
Commentary and advice from Beeban Kidron, who helped start it all
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November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The UK Is Doing the Hard Work of Protecting Children Online • Commentary and advice from Beeban Kidron, who helped start it all
Does Social Media Use at One Time Predict Teen Depression at a Later Time? • Reviewing longitudinal evidence
Does Social Media Use at One Time Predict Teen Depression at a Later Time?
Reviewing longitudinal evidence
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Does Social Media Use at One Time Predict Teen Depression at a Later Time? • Reviewing longitudinal evidence
TIME TO REFUSE • NYC, Join the Mass Deletion: October 10, 2025
TIME TO REFUSE
NYC, Join the Mass Deletion: October 10, 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
TIME TO REFUSE • NYC, Join the Mass Deletion: October 10, 2025
We Are The Slop • Your life is my background noise
We Are The Slop
Your life is my background noise
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November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We Are The Slop • Your life is my background noise
Australia’s Social Media Age Limit Policy Delays Account Creation, Not Access to Content • The policy has been widely mischaracterized
Australia’s Social Media Age Limit Policy Delays Account Creation, Not Access to Content
The policy has been widely mischaracterized
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Australia’s Social Media Age Limit Policy Delays Account Creation, Not Access to Content • The policy has been widely mischaracterized
Basic Phones: A Guide for Parents • An Excerpt From Jean Twenge’s New Book: 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
Basic Phones: A Guide for Parents
An Excerpt From Jean Twenge’s New Book: 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Basic Phones: A Guide for Parents • An Excerpt From Jean Twenge’s New Book: 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
Reclaiming Conversation in the Age of AI • Sherry Turkle on AI, empathy, and the fight for human connection
Reclaiming Conversation in the Age of AI
Sherry Turkle on AI, empathy, and the fight for human connection
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reclaiming Conversation in the Age of AI • Sherry Turkle on AI, empathy, and the fight for human connection