Peter Thiel recently shared during a discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival that he restricts his children's screen time to just 1.5 hours per week. This revelation comes amid increasing scrutiny and regulatory efforts surrounding social media's impact on children's health, spurred by announcements from US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and legal actions against Meta, Facebook's parent company.

Thiel acknowledged criticisms of Big Tech while cautioning against scapegoating it for broader societal issues. He noted the irony that many tech executives, including himself, impose strict limits on their own children's screen time despite their industry's influence. Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snapchat, also limits his 8-year-old's screen time similarly, while Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, has taken measures like not giving his middle-school-aged son a cellphone and securing televisions to control access.

These actions underscore growing concerns about the pervasive influence of digital media on young children, prompting discussions about responsible technology use within tech leadership itself.