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One of my biggest takeaways from Careless People is that an organization, over time, becomes a direct reflection of its leadership. The longer those leaders remain in power, the more the company mirrors their mindset, biases, and blind spots. That realization also raises a crucial question: As the COO/CFO what kind of imprint am I, and all of our leadership team, leaving on AllSides?

It has become difficult to imagine an America that is not dominated by today’s roaring spectacle. Where, instead, public discourse is sober, problem-focused, and restrained. Where the tide is turned against increasing national polarization. I’ve come to the conclusion that this world is more within reach than anyone realizes.

A new age was inaugurated when millions of genetically tribal, half-informed citizens were brought into the seething cauldron of social media.

According to an Education Week analysis, “At least 13 states have passed laws or enacted policies that ban or restrict students’ use of cellphones in schools statewide or recommend local districts enact their own bans or restrictive policies.”

The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act, or the EARN IT Act, seeks to combat the online exploitation of children.

It has become difficult to imagine an America that is not dominated by today’s roaring spectacle. Where, instead, public discourse is sober, problem-focused, and restrained. Where the tide is turned against increasing national polarization. I’ve come to the conclusion that this world is more within reach than anyone realizes.

Here are some perspectives on how U.S. policymakers should approach crafting TikTok legislation.

One critical narrative accuses digital platforms and their algorithms of amplifying political polarisation and hostility online. Recent scholarship in quantitative social sciences and scientific psychology, however, provides important nuance to this pessimistic discourse.

A bill is progressing through Congress that would give the Chinese company behind TikTok an ultimatum: sell the app to an American company or be banned in the United States.

Polarized language obscures nuanced perspectives on the Israel-Hamas conflict by framing empathy for victims as support for the worst actions of the leaders and militaries associated with them.