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Family First Technology Initiative

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

"Its social media recommendations have been adopted in at least nine states and turbocharged the national debate over protecting youth online”—Bloomberg

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

Unprotected From Porn

Brief

How Parenting and Self-Control Mediate the Link Between Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health

Brief

Vindication by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Brief

Model Legislation for Age Verification of Social Media

Articles on Technology Initiative

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January 15, 2025

The Pornography Industry Should Not Be Allowed This Much Access to Our Children

by Jason S. Carroll, Brad Wilcox, Brian J. Willoughby and Michael Toscano

November 25, 2024

Robots Aren't Just Coming For Your Jobs But For Your Relationships, Too

by Wendy Wang, Michael Toscano and Chris Bullivant

November 14, 2024

Artificial Intelligence and Relationships: 1 in 4 Young Adults Believe AI Partners Could Replace Real-life Romance

by Wendy Wang and Michael Toscano

October 24, 2024

The Kids Online Safety Act Was a Good Start, But App Stores Need Accountability Too

by Michael Toscano, Clare Morell and Adam Candeub

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News on Technology Initiative

A Future for the Family: A New Technology Agenda for the Right

January 29, 2025|08:10 AM

A Future for the Family: A New Technology Agenda for the Right

by Michael Toscano, Brad Littlejohn, Clare Morrel, Jon Askonas, Emma Waters, First Things

Perspective: App stores are exploiting our children. We must change that

January 27, 2025|09:24 AM

Perspective: App stores are exploiting our children. We must change that

by Dawn Hawkins, Todd Weiler, Melissa McKay, Michael Toscano, Deseret News

Technology for the American Family

January 1, 2025|03:58 PM

Technology for the American Family

by Jon Askonas, Michael Toscano, National Affairs

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"A catalyst for the laws targeting online pornography and social media"-The New York Times

Video

June 21, 2024

New York Governor Signs First of Its Kind Social Media Bill Protecting Kids | EWTN News Nightly

May 20, 2024

2024 Heritage Innovation Prizes

May 02, 2023

Michael Toscano Breaks Down Utah’s New Age Verification Law

Podcast

Why In-Tact Families Manage Big Tech Better

Why In-Tact Families Manage Big Tech Better

Hosted by Federalist Radio Hour

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Michael Toscano: The False Idol of Technology

Michael Toscano: The False Idol of Technology

Hosted by Respect Life Radio

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Hope and a Future: Forging Strong and Stable Families in Ohio, 2025

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Hope and a Future: Forging Strong and Stable Families in Ohio, 2025

By Brad Wilcox, Nicholas Zill, Amylynn Smith, Connie Huber

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