Senator Christopher Murphy wants a national discussion about social isolation and says it is an issue Democrats and Republicans can agree on.
, have on them. Young people, he says, face a"social media ecosystem that really drives them to unhealthy places." His two sons, 11 and 14, face a culture with"less natural opportunity for connection" than the society he knew as a boy, a culture that he says allows its young people to get"sucked into very isolating existences."
During a February Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticized Big Tech for data collection practices and not doing enough to combat sexual exploitation and mental health crises on their platforms. Murphy feels the bipartisan momentum behind online regulation can also translate to federal action aimed at uplifting localities to strengthen senses of community and offer individuals stronger in-person alternatives to communities found online.
"When you don't have the ability to identify yourself as a member of a place, you look for other identities," he continues."Often those identities are political identities, and often those political identities are unhealthy, division-based identities." This image shows the outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, after the 2015 mass shooting there. Perpetrators of mass shootings in recent years shared feelings of loneliness prior to carrying out attacks.The subject of loneliness appears to be having a moment. Late in April, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy wrote an essay along similar lines to Murphy's for Theunder the headline"We Have Become a Lonely Nation: I Have a Plan.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Murphy makes it law — N.J. drivers can’t get a ticket for these license plate framesGov. Phil Murphy signed a law that decriminalizes having a license plate frame that partly covers 'New Jersey' or 'Garden State' on license plates.
Read more »
Murphy gives N.J. legal weed businesses a break with new law allowing deductions on state taxesBy decoupling the IRS tax code from the state’s tax code, cannabis operators may now operate like any other legal enterprise in New Jersey.
Read more »
Humble promotes Robert Murphy to head football coachMurphy served as the Wildcats' defensive coordinator the last two seasons under Marcus...
Read more »
Cillian Murphy Has Been Waiting to be Christopher Nolan's Leading Man'If there’s more story there, I’d love to do it. But it has to be right...we left on such a high...it would have to feel legitimate and justified to do more.' — Cillian Murphy tells RollingStoneUK about a potential Peaky Blinders movie Interview:
Read more »
'Oppenheimer' trailer reveals Cillian Murphy as Manhattan Project's genius bomb makerDirector Christopher Nolan's latest historical film showcases a brilliant, star-studded cast.
Read more »
Christopher Nolan On Casting Cillian Murphy As Scarecrow And Not Batman In ‘The Dark Knight’ TrilogyCillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan reunited again for Oppenheimer and the duo is recalling their previous collaboration in Batman Begins. In an interview with EW, Nolan recalled seeing Murphy in …
Read more »