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Does Early Access to Social Media Harm Later Learning? New Evidence from Italy

Students who got social media accounts by age 12 progressed less than those who waited until age 14

Australia’s Social Media Policy Is Succeeding

Here’s what the critics are missing.

Why Did We Let Big Tech Take Over Education?

Sophie Winkleman lays out the damage from the screen-based school day and shows how to roll it back.

What Does a 13-Year-Old See on Snapchat in a Normal Week?

Two new studies show that kids and teens frequently encounter graphic violence, sexual content, and adult strangers on the app.

Teen Girls’ Suicide Rates Are Rising In Many Countries Around The World

New analyses from Europe, Japan, and South Korea show increases that in many cases began before COVID.

Limbic Capitalism Has Been Driving Addiction for Hundreds of Years

Historian David Courtwright helps us understand how we got here and what’s likely to come in this chapter from The Age of Addiction.

Why You Should Be a Techno-Skeptic

In his most urgent TED Talk yet, Jon Haidt reminds us that human connection is not optional.

Treasure Your Attention

Jonathan Haidt's advice to the NYU Class of 2026 on how to flourish in a world that raises many obstacles to human flourishing.

The State of Childhood in the U.S.

A new survey of U.S. parents by the Institute for Family Studies suggests that kids are still overprotected in the real world and underprotected online.

We Took Away the Phones — Now What?

How rebuilding youth community groups can restore a play-based childhood.

Don’t Let Big Tech Hide Behind a Rainbow Flag

Lennon Torres on why social media regulation is a prerequisite for LGBTQ safety.

The Case Against Social Media: Seven Lines of Evidence

Your guide to the evidence that will help decide thousands of future court cases.

How Indonesia is Protecting 80 Million Children from Online Harm

Their first-of-its-kind regulation cracks down on harmful design and incentivizes safer technology.

Phones at School: Less Learning, More Loneliness

A new analysis shows the twin impacts of the leisure use of devices during the school day: declines in test scores and increases in feelings of loneliness at school.

A Note on a Correction from Jon and Zach

Regarding our retraction of the guest post "30 Facts About Childhood Today that Will Terrify You"

Your Marriage Has a Third

What The Phone-Based Adulthood is Doing to Love and Sex

AI Can't Fix Student Engagement

Only a third of American kids are highly engaged in school. Developing students' curiosity and agency is the solution.

EdTech is Borrowing Zuckerberg's Playbook

The "No Evidence of Harm" Refrain is a Familiar Deflection

The Parenting Trap

How Modern Parenting Is Making Adolescence Harder

Why the World Is Drawing a Line on Social Media for Kids

What looked politically impossible just months ago has become a global movement to restrict kids’ access to social media. Here’s how it happened.

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

Scrolling Alone

A brief history of the trade-off between convenience and connection in America

Meta's Legal Team Abandoned Its Ethical Duties

From Big Tobacco to Menlo Park — and the collapse of legal ethics

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

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 December 30th.

Live with Katie Couric

A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video