Dr. Mitch Princeton is the Chief Science Officer of the American Psychological Association. He studies how kids interact with one another, including online. His case hinges upon whether social media is damaging to kids' mental health. "It's an interaction between who you were before you logged in and what kinds of things you're doing on there"
Congress has yet to pass legislation regulating social media companies, so parents are taking matters into their own hands. A lawyer representing them explains how a new spin on an old legal theory might lead to a big win.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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