White House Kids Online Safety Task Force Listening Session

March 13, 2024

On March 13th, GoodforMEdia youth advisors participated in an event on youth online safety and well-being hosted by the Stanford Internet Observatory and Social Media Lab with the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing in collaboration with the White House Kids Online Health & Safety Task Force. The day opened with a panel on youth social media experiences led by Program Director Vicki Harrison and seven youth leaders from GoodforMEdia. The youth panelists thoughtfully expressed their ideas for social media change to center youth wellbeing. In addition to representatives from the Biden-Harris Administration, the event convened leaders from several major technology platforms, academic institutions and civil society groups, and served as one of three planned nationwide listening sessions to inform future research and forthcoming industry guidance, policy recommendations and resources being developed by the White House’s Kids Online Health & Safety Task Force.

Leading up to this event, the GoodforMEdia team asked young people to fill out a survey responding to questions such as: what you would tell a policymaker or media executive needs to change so that youth could have better online experiences? The responses young people submitted were presented during the event alongside a one-pager highlighting some of the prevalent experiences shared.