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Thank You, Frances Haugen

Jon Haidt · 11 Oct 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Children should be protected from powerful technologies pushed into childhood and schools with little or no safety testing.

    Their wordsHer bravery changed the world for the better and should inspire us all to do more to protect kids from powerful technologies being pushed into childhood and schools with little or no safety testing.

  2. Our reading

    Social media companies knew they were harming kids and teens, and did it anyway.

    Their wordsBecause of Frances Haugen and other courageous whistleblowers, we've known for five years that social media companies knew that they were harming kids and teens, yet they did it anyway.

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