Essay | Spring 2026
‘Teen Consent’ Is Not a Solution to Social Media
The popular concept makes sense for nobody — except tech companies.
Meg Leta Jones is associate professor in the Communication, Culture & Technology program at Georgetown University and the author of The Character of Consent: The History of Cookies and the Future of Technology Policy (M.I.T. Press, 2024) and CTRL+Z: The Right to Be Forgotten (New York University Press, 2016).
In The New Atlantis
Essay | Spring 2026
The popular concept makes sense for nobody — except tech companies.
Two new books explain how family life got eaten by digital life — and how to get it back.