The day the social media giant Meta agreed to as much as a $17.1 billion settlement over claims it had endangered children, the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt was on deadline. He was supposed to hand in revisions for the second edition of his book blasting social media companies for endangering children. He got a two day extension.
Mr. Haidt’s 2024 book, “The Anxious Generation,” was a runaway best seller that provided a reference text for a coalition forming to shield children from big tech, a loose collective of protective parents, fed-up teenagers, aspiring presidential candidates and celebrities in search of a non-radioactive social cause. (Not that many people are proud to say kids should spend more time on Instagram reels.)
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