# Tech & Society Lab | Popular Press and After Babel

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##  Popular Press and After Babel

Here is a comprehensive list of popular press articles and a selection of posts from our Substack *After Babel*.

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##  POPULAR PRESS

Here is a comprehensive list of popular press articles.

##  Highlights

- Popular Press Highlights

##  [What the World Should Learn From Australia’s Social Media Law](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/tech-and-society-lab/publications-and-resources/what-world-should-learn-australias-social-media-law)
- Popular Press Highlights

##  [The Devil’s Plan to Ruin the Next Generation](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/tech-and-society-lab/publications-and-resources/devils-plan-ruin-next-generation)
- Popular Press Highlights

##  [What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/tech-and-society-lab/publications-and-resources/what-kids-told-us-about-how-get-them-their-phones)

##  Full List

1. Iyer, R., Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2026, July 18). [What the world should learn from Australia’s social media law](https://time.com/article/2026/07/18/the-world-should-learn-from-australia-s-social-media-law/). *TIME*.
2. Haidt, J. (2025, November 25). Jonathan Haidt: [The devil’s plan to ruin the next generation](https://www.thefp.com/p/jonathan-haidt-the-devils-plan-to-ruin-next-generation). *The Free Press*.
3. Skenazy, L., Rausch, Z., & Haidt, J. (2025, August 4). [What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/kids-smartphones-play-freedom/683742/). *The Atlantic*.
4. Haidt, J., Johnson, W., & Rausch, Z. (2025, June 18). [We don’t have to give in to the smartphones](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opinion/parents-smartphones-tiktok-facebook.html). *The New York Times*.
5. Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2025, March 27). [Taking back childhood from phones–finally](https://www.thefp.com/p/taking-back-childhood-from-phones-jonathan-haidt). *The Free Press*.
6. Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2024, November 26). [It’s time to make the internet safer for kids](https://www.wired.com/story/digital-social-media-safeguards-children-policy/). *Wired*.
7. Haidt, J., & Johnson, W. (2024, September 17). [Gen Z has regrets](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/opinion/social-media-smartphones-harm-regret.html). *The New York Times*.
8. Rausch, Z., Haidt, J., & Torres, L. (2024, September 12). [Social media companies’ worst argument](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/09/social-media-lgbtq-teens-harms/679798/). *The Atlantic*.
9. Rausch Z. (2024, June 6). [Why are religious teens happier than their secular peers?](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/06/opinion/religious-teens-mental-health/) *The Boston Globe*.
10. Haidt, J. (2024, March 13).[ End the phone-based childhood now](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-childhood-smartphone-use-mental-health-effects/677722/). *The Atlantic.*
11. Haidt, J. (2023, June 6). [Get phones out of schools now](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/ban-smartphones-phone-free-schools-social-media/674304/). *The Atlantic*.

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##  FEATURED AFTER BABEL POSTS

The [*After Babel*](https://www.afterbabel.com/) Substack is a free weekly newsletter where we make sense of how technology is reshaping society — and offer practical guidance on how we can respond. We publish our major findings, introduce current projects, and feature articles from many excellent guest writers. Here is a selection of posts from *After Babel.*

##  Highlights

- After Babel Highlights

##  [ It’s Not Just a Game Anymore](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/tech-and-society-lab/publications-and-resources/its-not-just-game-anymore)
- After Babel Highlights

##  [Mountains of Evidence](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/tech-and-society-lab/publications-and-resources/mountains-evidence)
- After Babel Highlights

##  [Does Social Media Use at One Time Predict Teen Depression at a Later Time?](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/tech-and-society-lab/publications-and-resources/does-social-media-use-one-time-predict-teen-depression-later-time)

##  Full List

1. Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2026, January 14). [Mountains of evidence](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/mountains-of-evidence). *After Babel.*
2. McClean, A., & Lebwohl, J. (2025, October 6). [Does social media use at one time predict teen depression at a later time?](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/social-media-debate-longitudinal) *After Babel.*
3. Roberts, Y. P., & Haidt, J. (2025, September 22). [Free play and mental health: What we know, what we don’t](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/free-play-and-mental-health-what). *After Babel*.
4. Lebwohl, J., Park, E., & Rausch, Z. (2025, July 29). [The achievement gap we’re not talking about](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/silent-achievement-gap). *After Babel*.
5. Sippel, B., & Rausch, Z. (2025, July 21). [It’s not just a game anymore](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/its-not-just-a-game-anymore). *After Babel*.
6. Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2025, April 16). [Snapchat is harming children at an industrial scale](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/industrial-scale-snapchat). *After Babel*.
7. Stein, D. (2025, April 11). [A flawed absolution for smartphones](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/flawed-absolution-for-smartphones). *After Babel*.
8. Haidt, J., Rausch, Z., & McClean, A. (2025, February 13). [Flaws in a recent Lancet study on phone use in schools](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/lancet-study-flaws). *After Babel*.
9. Haidt, J., & Rausch, Z. (2025, January 9). [TikTok is harming children at an industrial scale.](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/industrial-scale-harm-tiktok) *After Babel*.
10. Stein, D. (2024, September 29).[ The fundamental flaws of the only meta-analysis of social media reduction experiments (and why it matters), Part 3](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/fundamental-flaws-part-3). *After Babel*.
11. Rausch, Z. & Haidt, J. (2024, September 10). [The fundamental flaws of the only meta-analysis of social media reduction experiments (and why it matters), Part 2](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/fundamental-flaws-part-2). *After Babel*.
12. Rausch, Z. & Haidt, J. (2024, August 29). [The fundamental flaws of the only meta-analysis of social media reduction experiments (and why it matters), Part 1](https://www.afterbabel.com/p/the-case-for-causality-part-1). *After Babel*.