Maureen Flatley
@mosy48.bsky.social
Aging housewife. Troublemaker.
Haidt is a self promoting opportunist. Law enforcement responses to this issue were appropriate & effective. Law suits doesn't stop crime. Police do. It's this kind of drivel that has endangered kids and expanded the problem dramatically. So in reality, the opposite of his "thesis" is true.
OMG. Haidt just said that regulators have never ever even tried to protect kids on the Internet until his book came out, which ignores basically every other internet regulation fight from 1995 onward.
Why does anyone listen to this man?
Why does anyone listen to this man?
Standing on a train platform listening to the latest Hard Fork and, I'm sorry, but I'm not sure Jonathan Haidt understands what causation means. Hosts ask him to explain how he's proven causation and he cites single examples of individualized harm which have nothing to do with his broad thesis.
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Haidt is a self promoting opportunist. Law enforcement responses to this issue were appropriate & effective. Law suits doesn't stop crime. Police do. It's this kind of drivel that has endangered kids and expanded the problem dramatically. So in reality, the opposite of his "thesis" is true.
Always inspired by the fearless leadership of @wyden.senate.gov our playbook reflects his approach to child protection. Ignore predators is enabling predators.
We Have the Solution to Protect Children Online. Will Congress Act? – DC Journal - InsideSources
As America approaches its 250th birthday, we have an opportunity to reset the national conversation about child safety online for the better. This begins
dcjournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Always inspired by the fearless leadership of @wyden.senate.gov our playbook reflects his approach to child protection. Ignore predators is enabling predators.
The last conversation I had w/ my FBI Agent father before his untimely death was re his concerns about the militarization of law enforcement. It was 1991. His fears turned out to be extremely prescient. This is a trend we need to walk back immediately. @rokhanna.bsky.social food for thought.
Gallego: "What type of man decides to walk around with a phone camera & at same time tries to make life & death decisions, then decides to pump one bullet that may have been forward-facing, but clearly the other 2 were on the side. Who is he? Clearly not someone who should be in law enforcement."
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The last conversation I had w/ my FBI Agent father before his untimely death was re his concerns about the militarization of law enforcement. It was 1991. His fears turned out to be extremely prescient. This is a trend we need to walk back immediately. @rokhanna.bsky.social food for thought.
KOSA doesn't solve this problem. In fact, it obscures it.....when parents are the content creators. @hifortesa.bsky.social a must read.
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Maureen Flatley on X: "A side of the kids online discussion that doesn't get enough scrutiny....when parents are the content creators. Fortunately, @hifortesa has written what will be a fascinating, important read." / X
A side of the kids online discussion that doesn't get enough scrutiny....when parents are the content creators. Fortunately, @hifortesa has written what will be a fascinating, important read.
x.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
KOSA doesn't solve this problem. In fact, it obscures it.....when parents are the content creators. @hifortesa.bsky.social a must read.
x.com/moflatley/st...
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AV is not like waving your license in front of a sleepy liquor store clerk. Kids are already biggest target of ID thieves. Let's not amplify that exposure. www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/w...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
One of the most common refrains we hear from age verification proponents is that online ID checks are nothing new. After all, you show your ID at bars and liquor stores all the time, right? And it’…
www.techdirt.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
AV is not like waving your license in front of a sleepy liquor store clerk. Kids are already biggest target of ID thieves. Let's not amplify that exposure. www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/w...
Literally the only person in Congress, along w/ his House compatriots, who gets this issue right. You can't "protect" kids w/out attacking the predators who victimize them. This is a law enforcement problem & those resources are already stretched thing. #InvestinChildSafety. @wyden.senate.gov
Fact check true
Ron Wyden, the single senator who actually understands technology, has repeatedly tried to address this problem (see: www.techdirt.com/2024/01/31/a...) and Congress has ignored it in favor of performative grandstanding bills that do nothing for child safety (or makes it worse!)
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Literally the only person in Congress, along w/ his House compatriots, who gets this issue right. You can't "protect" kids w/out attacking the predators who victimize them. This is a law enforcement problem & those resources are already stretched thing. #InvestinChildSafety. @wyden.senate.gov
Paging @mmasnick.bsky.social
Maureen Flatley on X: "Who says irony is dead. First, gun mfgs get immunity from civil law suits. Now, 64 years after Silent Spring, efforts being made to immunize pesticide mfgs. But Facebook is the problem. How do you know people are not serious about protecting children? This is how. Because" / X
Who says irony is dead. First, gun mfgs get immunity from civil law suits. Now, 64 years after Silent Spring, efforts being made to immunize pesticide mfgs. But Facebook is the problem. How do you know people are not serious about protecting children? This is how. Because
x.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Paging @mmasnick.bsky.social
My commentary w/ Taylor Barkley on the immense value AI holds for kids in foster care & how Administration proposals can prompt real reform.
www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/31/f...
www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/31/f...
Flatley and Barkley: AI can help fix what’s broken in foster care
AI and predictive analytics can transform foster care from a crisis-driven system to one that prevents harm before it occurs.
www.bostonherald.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:55 PM
My commentary w/ Taylor Barkley on the immense value AI holds for kids in foster care & how Administration proposals can prompt real reform.
www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/31/f...
www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/31/f...
I have nothing to add.
If 2025 didn't stop you nothing will
January 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I have nothing to add.
"You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I'm only going to dread one day at a time."
- Charlie Brown
Happy New Year, y'all!
- Charlie Brown
Happy New Year, y'all!
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
"You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I'm only going to dread one day at a time."
- Charlie Brown
Happy New Year, y'all!
- Charlie Brown
Happy New Year, y'all!
No. Just no.
January 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
No. Just no.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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"Don’t sweat the anger you’ll receive from kids who would rather scroll. You’re in this to help your children thrive tomorrow, not be your friend today."
Confused about what to do about your kids & social media? Don't be. The answer is you.
www.wsj.com/opinion/less...
Confused about what to do about your kids & social media? Don't be. The answer is you.
www.wsj.com/opinion/less...
Opinion | Lessons From Modern Parenthood
My wife and I followed our parents’ example. Our kids didn’t always like it, but the point was to help them thrive as adults.
www.wsj.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Don’t sweat the anger you’ll receive from kids who would rather scroll. You’re in this to help your children thrive tomorrow, not be your friend today."
Confused about what to do about your kids & social media? Don't be. The answer is you.
www.wsj.com/opinion/less...
Confused about what to do about your kids & social media? Don't be. The answer is you.
www.wsj.com/opinion/less...
I'm just going to leave this here....becuase I agree w/ it completely. Everyone needs to stop blaming a wide range of societal factors on technology. It's lazy and it's wrong.
www.thefp.com/p/stop-tryin...
www.thefp.com/p/stop-tryin...
Stop Trying to Ban Teens from the Internet
Australia’s under-16 social media ban is based on bad data and worse logic.
www.thefp.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I'm just going to leave this here....becuase I agree w/ it completely. Everyone needs to stop blaming a wide range of societal factors on technology. It's lazy and it's wrong.
www.thefp.com/p/stop-tryin...
www.thefp.com/p/stop-tryin...
That few, if any, senior Democrats in the Senate are listening to one of the smartest & most senior Dems in Congress is jaw dropping. In decades of watching Congress attempt to do dumb things, this move is in a class by itself. Ignoring @wyden.senate.gov warnings is the ultimate fool's errand.
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
That few, if any, senior Democrats in the Senate are listening to one of the smartest & most senior Dems in Congress is jaw dropping. In decades of watching Congress attempt to do dumb things, this move is in a class by itself. Ignoring @wyden.senate.gov warnings is the ultimate fool's errand.
Somehow I don't think teenagers on social media is the problem, Australia-wise.
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Somehow I don't think teenagers on social media is the problem, Australia-wise.
The Ramparts....at The Stag's Head....covering the ultimate Irish Xmas song....Nollaig Shona, y'all.
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Fairytale Of New York - The Ramparts
YouTube video by The Ramparts
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December 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Ramparts....at The Stag's Head....covering the ultimate Irish Xmas song....Nollaig Shona, y'all.
youtu.be/TBwkdDXHOH4?...
youtu.be/TBwkdDXHOH4?...
@legalminimum.bsky.social I'm just going to leave this here because I'm pretty sure something will happen today to make us need it: youtu.be/RoUAp9HCUv0?...
Jiminy Glick Interviews Bill Hader
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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December 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
@legalminimum.bsky.social I'm just going to leave this here because I'm pretty sure something will happen today to make us need it: youtu.be/RoUAp9HCUv0?...
Years ago many of the same people pushing liability for social media voted to immunize gun manufacturers from claims. Guns kill many more kids than social media. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
Guns are the leading cause of death for American children. What to know
In 2021, gun violence replaced car crashes as the leading cause of death for children in the U.S. It has remained since then.
healthjournalism.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Years ago many of the same people pushing liability for social media voted to immunize gun manufacturers from claims. Guns kill many more kids than social media. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
Being opposed to KOSA is not being "for" Big Tech.....it's about being opposed to predators and being for kids. Letting predators & drug dealers roam around is reckless & irresponsible. Start there.
I know it's very unpopular On Here to suggest that law enforcement should handle anything, but my friend @mosy48.bsky.social is entirely correct in this article. KOSA and similar statutes are pointing at the wrong thing. Many people On Here also believe that, of course.
The Online Safety Discussion Fractures the Constitution, Censors Dissent, And Lets Criminals Roam Free - James Madison Institute
Concerned Members of Congress and state legislators around the country are grappling with how to make the internet...
jamesmadison.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Being opposed to KOSA is not being "for" Big Tech.....it's about being opposed to predators and being for kids. Letting predators & drug dealers roam around is reckless & irresponsible. Start there.
To all the Dems who are sucking up to Marsha Blackburn might want to listen to the OG Dem @wyden.senate.gov on these issues. The devil actually is in the details. @warren.senate.gov www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Wyden Objects to Bill That Would Threaten Encryption, Calls for New Resources to Crack Down on Predators Online | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
www.wyden.senate.gov
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
To all the Dems who are sucking up to Marsha Blackburn might want to listen to the OG Dem @wyden.senate.gov on these issues. The devil actually is in the details. @warren.senate.gov www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
The buck most definitely stops at the kitchen table when it comes to online child safety.....this from an actual young person, the always insightful David McGarry: spectator.org/parents-have...
Parents Have Everything They Need to Keep Their Children Safe Online – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
The politically engaged members of Generation Z have undertaken to instruct the nation as to the proper regulation of technologies such as smartphones, social media, and artificial intelligence. Some ...
spectator.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The buck most definitely stops at the kitchen table when it comes to online child safety.....this from an actual young person, the always insightful David McGarry: spectator.org/parents-have...
& let's not forget that she is partnering w/ the heart of darkness legislatively Marsha Blackburn who was instrumental in the vote to immunize gun mfgs from civil liability when school shootings became prevalent. She should not even be having coffee w/ this people.
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
& let's not forget that she is partnering w/ the heart of darkness legislatively Marsha Blackburn who was instrumental in the vote to immunize gun mfgs from civil liability when school shootings became prevalent. She should not even be having coffee w/ this people.
if this child had become addicted to drugs he would be in foster care. This kind of claim gives ambulance chasing a bad name.
I stop reading w/ the line "he began playing video games at 3 years old"..........this is a ridiculous, specious claim that ignores their state child welfare statute. www.aboutlawsuits.com/roblox-minec... @legalminimum.bsky.social @rszasz.saxonco.com
Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite Designed to Cause Video Game Addiction, Lawsuit Alleges
Mother's video game addiction lawsuit claims Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite were specifically designed to addict young children with zero regard for the mental health damage that could follow.
www.aboutlawsuits.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
if this child had become addicted to drugs he would be in foster care. This kind of claim gives ambulance chasing a bad name.
I stop reading w/ the line "he began playing video games at 3 years old"..........this is a ridiculous, specious claim that ignores their state child welfare statute. www.aboutlawsuits.com/roblox-minec... @legalminimum.bsky.social @rszasz.saxonco.com
Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite Designed to Cause Video Game Addiction, Lawsuit Alleges
Mother's video game addiction lawsuit claims Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite were specifically designed to addict young children with zero regard for the mental health damage that could follow.
www.aboutlawsuits.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I stop reading w/ the line "he began playing video games at 3 years old"..........this is a ridiculous, specious claim that ignores their state child welfare statute. www.aboutlawsuits.com/roblox-minec... @legalminimum.bsky.social @rszasz.saxonco.com