It’s Time to Stop Pretending Social Media Is Social
When a space stops functioning as genuinely social, it no longer teaches people how to relate to one another.
Social media networking apps are displayed on a phone screen with the Australian flag displayed in the background in Sydney on Dec. 7, 2025. George Chan/Getty Images
For years we’ve argued over whether social media is good or bad, about whether it connects us or divides us, empowers voices or corrodes society. But a new consensus is forming, not in think tanks or Silicon Valley panels, but in classrooms, courtrooms, and homes.
Kay Rubacek
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Kay Rubacek is an award-winning educator, filmmaker, author, and mother. Detained in a Chinese prison in 2001 for her human-rights advocacy, she has since dedicated her work to exposing the systems and ideologies that diminish human life and human sovereignty. She has been a contributor to The Epoch Times since 2010.
