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  "path": "/2026/04/21/the-kids-are-mostly-alright-new-pew-study-deflates-the-social-media-panic/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T16:32:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
  "tags": [
    "pew research",
    "jonathan haidt",
    "kids",
    "kids and social media",
    "moral panic",
    "social media",
    "think of the children"
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  "textContent": "A couple weeks back, Jonathan Haidt published another entry in his ongoing campaign to convince the world that social media is inherently ruining kids’ lives. This one was a victory lap titled “Seven Lines of Evidence Against Social Media,” treating recent developments — including the social media addiction verdicts against Meta that most people are […]",
  "title": "The Kids Are (Mostly) Alright: New Pew Study Deflates The Social Media Panic"
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