Reining in Big Tech's societal harms, from monopolistic practices to protecting young people online, used to be just a pipe dream. Now, it's a core tenant of the Democratic Party platform. theverge.com/2024/8/21/2422…

"I will keep doing this until something happens." Parents have fought tirelessly for safety legislation like #KOSA. The sooner this legislation gets passed, the more lives will be saved. It's as simple as that. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny…

Young women are too often the victims of pornographic deepfakes. We need legislation like the DEFIANCE Act to end this violating and harmful practice. teenvogue.com/story/jenna-or…

Don't love the concept of Big Tech having access to our literal voices to train AI... socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-en…

this could be us scheming against big tech 🤭designitforus.org/about/

Software that makes it easier for landlords to collude to raise rents? Disappointed, but not surprised. nytimes.com/2024/08/23/bus…

"The company said 'it is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform.'" Bad take. nytimes.com/2024/08/26/bus…

"Politicians and algorithms teach us to caricature each other, and troll each other, and fear each other." - Barack Obama It's no secret that social media platforms have facilitated polarization in our communities for their benefit. Young people want to change that.

As a generation of digital natives, we see how #AI tools can be opportunities for growth, innovation, creativity, and learning. But if we aren't careful when designing these products, the same patterns of harm we’ve seen on social media will occur with AI tools.

We’re traveling the country on a campus tour to meet with other young people and create conversations about our digital experiences. First stop: American University! Mark your calendars for Sept. 11! More details to come 👀 #DesignItForUs #DIFUTour

shoutout to Brazil for introducing Elon Musk to a potential lifelong companion -- the consequences of his actions 😁 newsweek.com/brazil-bans-x-…

just two average guys (convicted felons) getting into the AI + lobbying business 🥸🥸 capping too close to the sun i fear... politico.com/news/2024/09/0…

Come join our speaker panel and interactive discussion at American University to make social media and online platforms better for our generation! #DIFUTour RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/design-…

Happy 3 years of the UK's Age-Appropriate Design Code! 🎂 This legislation has resulted in key protections for children online and has inspired state law like #MDKidsCode. Learn more here: 5rightsfoundation.com/in-action/cele…

Former #Meta and #TikTok data scientist Andrew Kaung thinks social media companies should give young people more tools to control what they see. As those young people, we completely agree. bbc.com/news/articles/…

“Snap has misled users into believing that photos and videos sent on their platform will disappear, but predators can permanently capture this content” - Raúl Torrez cnbc.com/2024/09/05/sna…

absolutely disgusting. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

not super comforted by the fact that the feature that takes screenshots of everything you do and feeds it to an AI model is now is off by default due to public backlash ... but can't be uninstalled 🤨 mashable.com/article/micros…