Project 2029, the small liberal group founded to create a roadmap for any Democrat who takes the White House in the 2028 presidential election, announced its first policy proposal on Monday. While the Democratic base is calling for things like Medicare for All and for every Trump official to be tossed into prison, Project 2029 has a different idea. They want to ban kids from social media. Project 2029 announced the new proposal, dubbed “Kids Over Clicks,” on the group’s Substack, where they propose age restrictions for “additive apps,” banning anyone under the age of 16. The group also proposes new rules for AI chatbots, including a ban on any that are “cosplaying as licensed professionals,” and a national standard on banning cellphones in schools. “For generations, government has stepped in to keep addictive products like tobacco and alcohol out of young people’s hands,” the new policy proposal states. “And from cribs to car seats to bike helmets, the physical products in a kid’s life have to pass federal safety tests. It’s time we hold the digital products in their lives to the same standard and implement a comprehensive online safety agenda that puts kids over clicks.”
The group positively quotes Jonathan Haidt, author of the 2024 book The Anxious Generation, among supporters of the proposal. Other supporters include New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, according to Semafor.
