In a weird way, I think that the destruction of this platform by an arrogant billionaire with no understanding of how humans interact with one another sort of brought us all closer together again.

“Democracy and Hellenism” - An Inspirational speech by George Logothetis youtu.be/tfbK0Pwz52g via YouTube Whoever you are wherever you are from - it resonates. #GeorgeLogothetis

Huge congrats to Weijia Jiang and to the WHCA for this excellent choice of leader!!!

YES YES YES

I'm pleased to have been chosen as one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people improving health, #TIME100HEALTH. I think my main contribution is diagnosing the collective action problems, and pointing to ways we can escape, collectively. time.com/6968942/jonath…

Thank you, U.S. Surgeon General Murthy, for your leadership on this issue. You were right to raise the alarm about the loneliness epidemic, and right again to warn that social media is a contributor. Yes, this is a consumer product that is unsafe for children and teens.

I’m glad to see support growing for sensible rules to mitigate the damaging effects of social media on kids’ mental health. nytimes.com/2024/06/17/hea…

Thank you President Obama, for supporting the Surgeon General and his proposed reforms

.@HodaKotb let her 7 y.o. walk 4 blocks to the drugstore to buy a few things. On return: "That kid jumped in my arms like nobody's business and screamed, 'I did it! I did it!'" Yes! this is what independence does, for kids and parents. Let Grow muckrack.com/broadcast/save…

Aaron Brown, at reason, offers a video critique of the research I cited in my book: youtube.com/watch?v=XoiZ1n… He is right that I cited very little research that focused on teens in clinical samples, teens who were anxious/depressed. It's a good challenge. But now there is a

NYC may go phone free in all public schools! Go Chancellor Banks! Go Mayor Adams! As an NYC public school parent, I can see that phones-in-pockets policies have interfered with the learning and friendship opportunities of my children. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

Join us Tuesday, 9/24 @ 3-4 pm EST for Free the Anxious Generation Movement: A Call for K-12 School Leaders, presented by Dr. Jonathan Haidt, and moderated by Jenn David-Lang. Sponsored by Penguin Random House Education and penguinpress. …guinrandomhousesecondaryeducation.com/2024/08/08/joi…

Here is the most dramatic real-world test of The Anxious Generation yet done by any journalist. Decca Aitkenhead of The Times and The Sunday Times is the only journalist who got both halves of the book. She arranged for UK teens to give up their smartphones, as many others have done. But she did it for a

Sen. Blackburn announced an updated version of the Kids Online Safety Act that has input from Linda Yaccarino and support from Elon aimed at addressing free speech concerns. Very curious to see how this lands with Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise

I am thrilled that X has long been a supporter of #KOSA and now has broken the logjam. Looking forward to diving into the details and continuing to fight for passage. Thank you Linda Yaccarino, thank you Elon Musk!

Social media platforms are harming kids at an industrial scale, as we show in this post. KOSA would reduce those harms. Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino strengthened free speech protections. Congress must pass KOSA by Christmas. afterbabel.com/p/congress-mus…

If you child uses Snapchat, you should know what Snap's own employees and consultants say about the many ways Snapchat harms children. We collect stunning quotations from them (from the many legal briefs) at After Babel: afterbabel.com/p/industrial-s…

Esther Perel has been so prescient, warning of the dangers of AI (Artificial Intimacy). Now, Google and Meta are rolling it out for our children, with no knowledge of what it will do to them. Here is Esther Perel instagram.com/reel/DJIEeNHtG…

Is there any hope that common ground can be found in our hyper-partisan world? Former Obama speechwriter David Litt says if SURFING can bring him and his Joe Rogan-loving brother in law together... anything is possible! 🏄 Great interview about his new book on surfing and

WEATHER, SPORTS, & #BAMARUSH: College admissions expert reveals why students want to go south