Leading up to the White House Kids Online Safety Listening Session, we asked youth in the community to share their ideas for change. Here is what they said.

March 13, 2024: GoodforMEdia Youth leaders were featured panelists at the White House Kids Online Safety Task Force Listening Session in collaboration with and hosted by the Stanford Internet Observatory and Social Media Lab with the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Vicki Harrison, our Program Director, shares about the different impacts young people are facing online, and suggests including youth in the problem-solving phase from the start, not after.

Hear from Edward about his experiences using social media and some strategies he uses to be mindful about the time he spends scrolling.

What does the algorithm have to do with us? In “The Algorithm is Algorithming”, Audrey describes how social media apps trigger dopamine while we scroll away.

Chloe, a GoodforMEdia member, shares about their experiences navigating screentime use and why policies aiming to ban screentime are simply not enough to solve this issue.

Read more about what Vicki Harrison, our Program Director, says is missing from the U.S. Surgeon General social media advisory

June 23, 2023: The d.school, GoodforMEdia and the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing brought together youth activists, social media companies, families and policy experts to explore this timely issue affecting the mental health of young people all over the country.

Edward, our #GoodforMEdia youth advisor, was featured in an article by the NYTimes Upfront Magaizine

#GoodforMEdia youth leaders, Emily & Sonia, wrote an op-ed sharing their perspectives on the California Age Appropriate Design Code

Learn why Khoa-Nathan recommends that social media companies stop centering profit & start centering youth and consumers

June 21, 2022: Presentation at the Youth Leadership Institute’s HOPE Youth Coalition meeting.

June 2, 2022: #GoodforMEdia youth advisor Tiffany Chen was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle

Learn from Sonia about the harmful effects of algorithms & how they may be limited

Find out how Zoe recommends improving data transparency among social media platforms

Emily explains the importance of considering age when thinking about content regulation

March 29, 2022: The #GoodforMEdia team provided testimony on how to improve online experiences for young people

January 1, 2022: We were featured in the HX Report by All Tech Is Human

Hear Zoe’s thoughts on what to ask social media platforms to change