Thank you Marty Baron. Voices like yours (and my friend Maria Ressa’s) will only become more important in the days to come as oligarchs choose self-interest over public good.

TONIGHT! The election may be over, but #KOSA is still up in play. You won't want to miss our Expert Insights conversation with MAMA founder Julie Scelfo and tech policy expert and lawyer Gaia Bernstein where you'll learn why KOSA is so important and what you can do to help ensure

Which Big Tech execs deserve the most blame for the youth mental health crisis?Scott Galloway + Kara Swisher ask good questions. Hear my answers - and why every parent in America should be pissed & demand Speaker Mike Johnson pass a strong version of KOSA by the end of the year. On

Today in why journalism matters. h/t Columbia Journalism Review, Kim Severson

Is keeping minors out of casinos and bars, or prohibiting them from accessing cigarettes “a backdoor way to control access” to those things for all Americans? I don’t think so Elon Musk. It’s actually about…protecting kids. 🤸🏽

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On behalf of Mothers Against Media Addiction, thank you @ElonMusk and X for encouraging Speaker Mike Johnson Mitch McConnell Chuck Schumer Hakeem Jeffries (+ Steve Scalise) to #PassKOSA before the end of THIS session. We agree: protecting kids can't wait. Mothers Against Media Addiction

On behalf of Mothers Against Media Addiction, thank you @ElonMusk and X for encouraging Speaker Mike Johnson Mitch McConnell Chuck Schumer Hakeem Jeffries (+ Steve Scalise) to #PassKOSA before the end of THIS session. We agree: protecting kids can't wait. Mothers Against Media Addiction

Dear Speaker Mike Johnson Chuck Schumer Mitch McConnell Hakeem Jeffries: pls give parents the only gift they want this holiday: pass KOSA NOW. Signed, MAMA cc Mothers Against Media Addiction @realdonaldtrump JD Vance Elon Musk Linda Yaccarino Donald Trump Jr. Jonathan Haidt Issue One Steve Scalise

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The top story on the NYT home page this afternoon: "Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage" Written by David Enrich, who has a book coming out next year "the weaponization of libel law and the campaign to limit press freedoms."

Under Gov. Hochul’s leadership, NY has become a model for the nation when it comes to putting kids before Big Tech profits. At Mothers Against Media Addiction, we hope Governor Kathy Hochul will take action in January and issue a proposal for a new statewide standard banning student smartphones in

How can the incoming Donald J. Trump administration help make America healthy? There is no bigger win than Speaker Mike Johnson insisting #KOSA is included in the must-pass end-of-year package. cc Mothers Against Media Addiction Jonathan Haidt Sen. Marsha Blackburn Chuck Schumer Steve Scalise Mitch McConnell

FTC Chair Khan discussing Meta's rollback on fact-checking: Calls out the problem with a "single company or single executive" making decisions about everyone's speech as a market issue and warns of "sweetheart deals" by execs w/ Trump, especially ahead of Meta's antitrust case

It’s time to remember that “social media” is actually a form of mass media publishing, and we can’t have a healthy, functioning democracy—never mind a sane society—unless publishers have responsibilities. Does being able to publish trash like this equal “free speech”? I don’t

Facts matter.

I am very proud to stand with Raj Goyle Jonathan Haidt and other advocates who are committed to putting kids before profits. We stand with Governor Kathy Hochul and reject any attempts to dilute her bell-to-bell proposal. Read our letter below. Mothers Against Media Addiction

Serious question from Alan MacLeod:

I’m with Jonathan Haidt. Protecting people — and especially kids — should always be lawmakers’ priority #1. Counting on Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Brett Guthrie to put families ahead of industry. cc Mothers Against Media Addiction

It's time for Big Tech to STOP blaming parents and START taking responsibility for keeping kids safe online. I was proud to testify on behalf of Mothers Against Media Addiction at today's #Massachusetts State House hearing in support of the Act Protecting Children From Addictive Social Media Feeds