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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

Brief

Protecting the Family in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Brief

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

Report

Unprotected From Porn

Brief

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


News on Technology Initiative

Power to the parents and small app developers with Alabama bill: op-ed

Power to the parents and small app developers with Alabama bill: op-ed

by Michael Toscano, Dawn Hawkins, AL.com


Perspective: Apple’s new protections for kids don’t go far enough

Perspective: Apple’s new protections for kids don’t go far enough

by Melissa McKay, Chris McKenna, Michael Toscano, Jared Hayden, Deseret News


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

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

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

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P.O. Box 1502
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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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