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Family First Technology Initiative

Researching how new technologies affect families, with recommendations for how they could improve family life.

We commend our friends for working tirelessly to ensure that the innocence of our children is protected.

Researcher

Michael Toscano

Michael Toscano

Executive Director


About the Family First Technology Initiative

Over the next several years, the Family First Technology Initiative will produce original reports, develop model policies, and evaluate the effects of new technologies, like Artificial Intelligence, on American family life. 

This initiative has a received a Heritage Innovation Prize for its policy work to make kids safe online, which has resulted in more than a dozen laws around the country.

Publications on Family First Technology Initiative

Report

Teens and Tech: What Difference Does Family Structure Make?

Report

Teens in Quarantine: Mental Health, Screen Time, and Family Connection


News on Technology Initiative

The Kids Online Safety Act was a good start, but app stores need accountability too

The Kids Online Safety Act was a good start, but app stores need accountability too

by Michael Toscano, Clare Morell and Adam Candeub


Scrolling Alone: Smartphones and Social Atomization

Scrolling Alone: Smartphones and Social Atomization

by Michael Toscano, American Affairs

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