Kids Shouldn’t Be on Social Media At All

If it becomes clear that the teen mental-health crisis wasn’t driven by social media, we can repeal the age-18 restriction and apologize to Mark Zuckerberg.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (lower right) stands and faces the audience as he testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 31, 2024.

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Mark Zuckerberg is very sorry.

His apology at a Senate hearing to the families of victims of online child sex abuse was dramatic, and the human thing to do in the moment, although he was pressured into it under persistent questioning from Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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