Haidt does not act as a researcher. He is a moral entrepreneur, a lobbyist benefitting from the #MoralPanic he instigates:
Jonathan Haidt lobbied politicians by accusing teen social media ban critics of 'burying' evidence via @crikey_news https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/anxious-generation-jonathan-haidt-politician-researchers-teen-social-media-harm-crikey/
Jonathan Haidt lobbied politicians by accusing teen social media ban critics of 'burying' evidence via @crikey_news https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/anxious-generation-jonathan-haidt-politician-researchers-teen-social-media-harm-crikey/
Jonathan Haidt lobbied politicians by accusing teen social media ban critics of ‘burying’ evidence
Anxious Generation’s Jonathan Haidt privately told South Australian politician researchers hid teen social media harm effects.Cam Wilson (Crikey)