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August 30, 2022
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Its Time for States to Step up and Protect Teens from Big Tech
Clare Morell, Jean W. Twenge, and Brad Wilcox
Deseret News
Around 2012, something began to go wrong in the lives of teens. Depression, self-harm, suicide attempts and suicide all increased sharply among U.S. adolescents between 2011 and 2019, with similar trends worldwide. The increase occurred at the same time social media use moved from optional to virtually mandatory among teens, making social media a prime suspect for the sudden rise in youth mental health issues.

However, social media use remains virtually unregulated among minors. So, given the federal government’s failure to reign in Big Tech’s influence on our children, it falls to the states to pass laws to protect our kids from the emotional and social fallout of unrestricted access to social media.
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Protecting Teens from Big Tech: Five Policy Ideas for States

Last week, Clare Morell and the Institute for Family Studies released five policy proposals designed to assist state legislatures in crafting policy that safeguards teenagers from incursions on their privacy and well-being by Big Tech companies.

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Nathanael Blake finds in The Federalist that the Biden administration's student debt forgiveness plan is political patronage ([link removed]) that solidifies the shifting coalitions of the right and left.
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So much for healing the nation. Writing in The Washington Post, Henry Olsen rebuts the White House's claim that MAGA Republicans are semi-fascist ([link removed]) .
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A recent federal court decision declared gender dysphoria a protected class under disability law. Rachel N. Morrison rebuts this claim ([link removed]) on Washington Watch.
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Episode 18: Fraudulent Science with Charles Piller

On this episode of Searching for Medicine's Soul (Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) | Spotify ([link removed]) | Podbean ([link removed]) ) Dr. Charles Piller joins Dr. Aaron Rothstein to discuss his work chronicling potential fraud critical Alzheimer's research.

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The Education Law & Policy Conference

The Education Law & Policy Conference, sponsored by the Federalist Society and the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, will examine the federal legal and policy issues surrounding American education. The conference will take place on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.. EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson will moderate a panel discussion on Critical Race Theory and Gender Identity in the Classroom. Register below.

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