YouTube CEO Neal Mohan Limits His Children's Social Media Use, Joining Other Tech Executives
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Summary
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, named Time's 2025 CEO of the Year, reveals he limits his children's social media and YouTube usage, joining other tech executives like Bill Gates and Mark Cuban who similarly restrict their kids' online access. The article discusses how tech industry leaders acknowledge the potential harms of social media for young people while managing their own children's screen time with weekday restrictions and more lenient weekend policies.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledWe do limit their time on YouTube and other platforms and other forms of media.
On weekdays we tend to be more strict, on weekends we tend to be less so.
We're not perfect by any stretch, but we try to be mindful about it.
YouTube's CEO Neal Mohan is the latest in a line of tech bosses who have admitted to limiting their children's social media use, as the harms of being online for young people have become more evident.
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