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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

Senior Fellow and Director, Family First Technology Initiative


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

Brief

High Tech, Low Play: The Life of American Children

Brief

Resilient Children, Struggling Parents: Mapping American Parenting

Brief

Protecting the Family in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Brief

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


News on Technology Initiative

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Republicans Embrace the Vice Economy

by Brad Wilcox, James Lynch; Compact Magazine


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Young Men Who Trade Stocks Daily Feel Like Failures

by Simone Foxman, Bloomberg


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The Real Reason Young Men Are Struggling To Succeed

by Stephan Kapustka, Daily Wire

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

Contact

Interested in learning more about the work of the Institute for Family Studies? Please feel free to contact us by using your preferred method detailed below.
 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 1502
Charlottesville, VA 22902

(434) 260-1048

[email protected]

Media Inquiries

For media inquiries, contact Chris Bullivant ([email protected]).

We encourage members of the media interested in learning more about the people and projects behind the work of the Institute for Family Studies to get started by perusing our "Media Kit" materials.

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