November 14, 2024
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
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
Articles on Technology Initiative
View All ArticlesJuly 26, 2023
More Scrolling, More Marital Problems
News on Technology Initiative
October 1, 2024|10:40 AM
The Myth of Technological Neutrality
September 29, 2024|01:43 PM
The Kids Online Safety Act was a good start, but app stores need accountability too
May 20, 2024|12:00 AM
Scrolling Alone: Smartphones and Social Atomization
"A catalyst for the laws targeting online pornography and social media"-The New York Times