Silicon Valley executives are tech fans, just not when it comes to their own kids

David Streitfeld

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SAN FRANCISCO – Social media is bad for children.

That was the blunt verdict in a recent spate of high-tech court cases in California, Kentucky and New Mexico. At a moment when Silicon Valley has never been more dominant or ambitious, one of its signature products has all the allure – and the lawsuits – of cigarettes circa 1990.