NEW YORK – Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that New York State received the best ranking for technology laws that keep kids safe in the nation from The Anxious Generation, a non-profit health campaign and social initiative seeking to reduce anxiety and depression by promoting children spfinishing more time in the physical world and less time in the digital world.
Hochul stated she has invested billions of the state’s budobtain into mental health programs since becoming governor.
“As New York’s first mom governor, I’m proud that we are leading the nation in keeping kids safe online,” Hochul stated. “From groundbreaking restrictions on addictive social media feeds and data collection from minors to guardrails on AI chatbots and a bell-to-bell school cellphone ban, we are putting our kids first. These pioneering policies ensure our kids are shielded from predators, scammers and harmful algorithms, setting a gold standard other states can follow,” she added.
The non-profit was inspired by co-founder Jonathan Haidt’s book of the same title and analyzed every state’s policies based on how well their tech laws and policies support healthy childhoods, giving New York the top spot. “At its heart, The Anxious Generation Movement is about reclaiming childhood — not about screens or content moderation. The Childhood Index reflects that focus by inquireing a simple question: Are we building environments that allow kids to flourish?” Haidt explained.
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