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Australia banns social media accounts for kids under 16.
French MPs vote in favour of bill to ban social media for kids under-15
Read the following studies to see what Meta’s own internal research reveals about how its products harm young people
20-year-old plaintiff testifies in landmark social media addiction trial
A majority of U.S. states now have laws banning or regulating cellphones in schools
Jonathan Haidt’s ongoing research.
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Let Grow is a non-profit organization co-founded by Jonathan Haidt (author of The Anxious Generation) and Lenore Skenazy (the "Free-Range Kids" mother) that serves as the practical "how-to" for restoring a play-based childhood.
Appstinence is a youth-led movement that encourages people—specifically Gen Z—to completely opt out of the "attention economy" by quitting social media and addictive technology entirely.
The Reconnect movement is a powerful, youth-led initiative that has become a key ally to the mission of The Anxious Generation. Founded by Seán Killingsworth while he was a college student, it was born out of his own realization that social media had created a "social wasteland" where face-to-face connection had become nearly impossible.
The Anxious Generation sparked a global conversation that grew into TAG, a movement advancing four new norms to rewire childhood.