Project 2029, a small liberal group formed to create a road map for every Democrat who takes the White House in the 2028 presidential race, released its first policy proposal on Monday. While the Democratic base is calling for Medicare for All and every Trump official to be thrown in jail, Project 2029 has a different take. They want to ban kids from social media.
Project 2029 has announced the band’s new offering, Kids on Clicks. Subsetwhere they offer age restrictions for “add-on apps”, banning anyone under 16. The group is also proposing new rules for AI-powered chatbots, including banning those who “cosplay as licensed professionals” and a national standard banning cell phones in schools.
“Government steps up to keep generations of addictive products like tobacco and alcohol out of the hands of young people” new policy proposal states. “And from cribs to car seats to bike helmets, the physical products in a child’s life must pass federal safety tests. It’s time to hold the digital products in their lives to the same standard and implement a comprehensive online safety agenda that moves kids beyond clicks.”
The group quotes Jonathan Haidt, author of 2024, positively Anxious Generationamong those who supported the proposal. Other supporters include New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. Traffic lights.
While regulating AI chatbots that try to do the work of psychologists seems reasonable, and there are discussions about limiting online harm to children, it’s an odd choice for Project 2029 to go out the door with something that’s more popular with Republicans than Democrats. according to a recent survey by Fox News74% of Republicans and 56% of Democrats support banning children from social media. As President Donald Trump continues to wreak new havoc on the US Constitution with each passing day, it’s odd to choose a topic that doesn’t deliver the punishment many on the liberal-left are looking for.
The group acknowledges that banning social media for children can be difficult, saying the policy is “not a silver bullet” and that children will clearly use VPNs to get around the ban. But the group likens it to kids using fake IDs to buy beer. Project 2029 compares its proposal to proposals recently passed in Florida and Australia. Latest research British Medical Journal It found that 85% of Australian teenagers had accessed social media in the previous seven days.
Other ideas from Project 2029 include “Privacy by default and security standards by design that block unwanted messaging and referral features exploited by child predators,” as well as “Dismantling the surveillance advertising business model that profits from targeting vulnerable teens.” A noble effort indeed, but not the most pressing concern as President Trump dismantles democratic institutions and continues to bomb countries like Iran in what seems like a new Eternal War.
Semaphore, which first reported on the Project 2029 proposal, notes that the organization’s executive director is Chad Meisel, who previously advised President Joe Biden and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. Not surprisingly, Booker from Project 2029 is a prominent proponent of this idea.
Booker is a 2028 Democratic presidential primary candidate, and he told Semaphore, “This plan offers some serious ideas for how to curb these harmful practices, promote more responsible technology, and better protect children online.”
Booker is a centrist who often makes big plays against President Trump, but has voted to confirm four Cabinet nominees, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Marco Rubio for Secretary of State. Booker also voted to confirm low-level Trump nominees, including Charles Kushner as US ambassador to France.
Charles Kushner is undoubtedly the father of Jared Kushner, who has been actively negotiating with Iran on behalf of the US government and has reportedly solicited billions of dollars from the sovereign wealth funds of various countries in the Middle East. private equity firm.
Elected Democrats seem pretty confused about the priorities of the American public, and while Project 2029 is a relatively small political group, it’s a perfect encapsulation of where libertarians currently sit until the midterm elections. Currently there is a country carved and stole blind By Trump’s hackers. And the first policy proposal from this group is a ban on social media for children, which doesn’t even meet the stated goals, given the availability of VPNs and other easy hacks to bypass age restrictions.
