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After a landmark verdict against Meta and YouTube, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Michiganders need to “keep the momentum going” when it comes to holding Big Tech companies accountable when they fail to keep users safe online.

On Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined youth advocates, content creators and actress Lexi Underwood for a summit focused on tech accountability and online safety.

Zamaan Qureshi, Co-Founder, Director of Campaigns and Policy at Design It For Us: “I told the court about what it’s like to grow up as a young person on Instagram, when you have to quantify your self worth through likes and views.”

“Growing up, I experienced theft — theft of my attention, theft of my childhood, theft of the childhood of millions,” Iyer said. “And not only was it theft, big tech took our childhood and renamed it and reshaped it, morphed it into something that they said would benefit us.”