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Don’t chalk up all American political discord to social media

When has the nation not been riven by disinformation?

Chicago Sun-Times

Why reading books is good for society, wellbeing and your career

Why reading books is good for society, wellbeing and your career

TikTok allows video up to 10 minutes, but says surveys show almost half its users are stressed by anything longer than a minute. An Instagram video can be up to 90 seconds, but experts reckon the ideal time to maximise engagement is less than 15 seconds. Twitter doubled the length…

The Conversation

Trump Indictment Could Be the Jolt His Flailing 2024 Campaign Needs

Trump Indictment Could Be the Jolt His Flailing 2024 Campaign Needs

Plus: Evidence that social media causes teen health problems "isn't convincing," more states ban gender transition treatments for minors, and more...

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The Statistically Flawed Evidence That Social Media Is Causing the Teen Mental Health Crisis

Jonathan Haidt's integrity and transparency are admirable, but the studies he's relying on aren't strong enough to support his conclusions.

The teen mental health crisis: a reckoning for Big Tech

A growing body of evidence links a rise in depression in children to social media use. Will it lead to more regulation?

Financial Times

Social Media Making Kids Depressed? Send Them Outside To Play

When society criminalizes outdoor independence, it makes smart phone addiction more likely.

Mandated Diversity Statement Drives Jonathan Haidt To Quit Academic Society

Prominent social psychologist and NYU professor calls the requirement “explicitly ideological.”

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The internet is a misinformation superhighway

The internet is a misinformation superhighway

Politically speaking, the internet is pretty much a disaster. One writer suspects that unhinged, unregulated social media are partly responsible for a retreat from democratic values — more tribalism, more violent rhetoric and less respect for law — pretty much around the world.

Chicago Sun-Times

A California Bill Wants To Punish Social Media Companies for 'Addicting' Children

A California Bill Wants To Punish Social Media Companies for 'Addicting' Children

The bill makes little note of parents' ability to control their own children's social media access.

Structural stupidity: How historians will view social media's destruction of democracy

Structural stupidity: How historians will view social media's destruction of democracy

It's going to get much worse, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns.

Regulate Social Media? Jonathan Haidt Debates Robby Soave

Regulate Social Media? Jonathan Haidt Debates Robby Soave

Professor Jonathan Haidt of NYU and Reason's Robby Soave debate the harms of social media and what the government should do about it.

Does the Government Need To Fix Social Media? A Soho Forum Debate

Does the Government Need To Fix Social Media? A Soho Forum Debate

Professor Jonathan Haidt of NYU debates Reason's Robby Soave.

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