When it comes to social media use, Nirupama shares about the drastic need for legislation and protections for young people rooted in care for their wellbeing. She’s taken things into her own hands by creating Offline. Read more here.

Youth Advisor Audrey Wang repped #GoodforMEdia as a panelist during the July 22 White House Kids Online Health & Safety Task Force Listening Session. Read about her experience and takeaways here!

Vicki Harrison, #GFM co-founder and program director, shares about her published work and the need for youth to be included in the dialogue about how to support their wellbeing. Read more here.

In this op-ed, Chloe Kim responds to Surgeon General Murthy’s call for social media warning labels by affirming that cell phones and social platforms do not have nearly the same harmful effects as a cigarette. Here, Chloe suggests alternative solutions to support young people online.

In this blog post Katy documents how social media has impacted her life and the reasons why she decided to take a 6 month break from social media. Read more here.

GoodforMEdia youth advisor Khoa-Nathan was recently interviewed by IDEO to share about the important role young people hold as consumers of platform design. Read more here.

Isabella shares some tips & strategies for young people to stay safe from predators online, including links to center your wellbeing on different platforms. Read more here.

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.

This guide was created for parents supporting their teens with social media use. Our youth leaders provide tips and strategies for healthier relationships between parents, teens, and their tech.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

October 5, 2021: We were featured in The Washington Post