Experts discuss how social media’s design radicalizes its users
Social media platforms are designed to maximize our attention, suck us in, and keep us hooked. They do this by keeping the public in the dark about how algorithms elevate…
NBC News Now: ‘No change, no accountability’: Mother reacts to social media reform hearing
Issue One and the Council for Responsible Social Media respond following Senate Judiciary hearing with Big Tech CEOs
In today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, senators pressed CEOs from five major social media companies — Meta, TikTok, X, Snap, and Discord — about their platforms’ efforts to protect children…
Tech Policy Press: Protecting Children Online — Questions for Five Big Tech CEOs
The Guardian: ‘The tide has turned’: why parents are suing US social media firms after their children’s death
Washington Post: Instagram’s new teen safety features still fall short, critics say
New report underscores how social media companies are hurting kids, national security, and democracy
Today Issue One and its Council for Responsible Social Media (CRSM) released “Dangerous by Design,” a new report underscoring the widespread and ongoing threats and harms that social media companies…
Dangerous by Design
Editor’s note: The following is the executive summary of “Dangerous by Design.” Read the full report. Introduction Americans of all political persuasions are right to be concerned about unchecked social…
Launch of the Safe Tech, Safe Kids Campaign
On October 23rd, 2023 in Washington, D.C., Issue One held an event to kick off Safe Tech, Safe Kids — a campaign partnership led by Project Liberty in collaboration with Issue…
Amid rising concern about harms of social media, experts, stakeholders gather to strengthen online protections for kids
Today, a group of social media experts, advocates, and stakeholders are gathering for a summit to kick off the year-long campaign Safe Tech, Safe Kids, which calls on Congress to…