Arielle Geismar, Co-Chair, Design It For Us, a youth-led coalition. Arielle is a content creator, digital wellness advocate, and leader in student organizing. Arielle’s organizing has reached areas around mental health, technology ethics, and LGBTQ+ rights. Named Teen Vogue’s 21 Under 21, she has been featured in the NY Times, MTV, CNN, and more.
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How A Young and Celebrated Advocate Took Inspiration From the UWS: ‘A Really Big Impact’
Currently, she works for the nonprofit Design It For Us, which is a youth-led coalition that advocates for safer online platforms and social media. The coalition started in 2022 as a campaign to support a bill in California that requires companies to consider possible harm their products might cause for young users.
Do it for the kids
On Tuesday, a range of advocacy groups will host a holiday-themed rally that features parents who have lost children to online bullying, drug sales and other exploitative content. Groups include the Eating Disorder Coalition for Research, Policy and Action; Fairplay; ParentsTogether; Accountable Tech; and Design It For Us.
Congress has opportunity to protect my generation online
As a young person who cares deeply about the online safety of my peers, I am hoping that our congressional leaders will step up before the end of the year to protect my generation online.
Sewell Setzer’s Death Reveals the Dangers AI Poses to Latine & Black Youth
Arielle Geismar, co-chair of the youth Internet safety advocacy group Design It For Us, says that young people are being used as “guinea pigs for these technologies.”
Youth advocates call for tougher social media regulation
Facebook whistleblower Arturo Béjar and youth activist Sneha Revanur ’26 delved into the impact of social media on young adults’ mental health.
Snap Inc. Under Fire in New Mexico’s Unredacted Lawsuit, Reveals Need for Kids’ Safety Legislation
On September 5th, 2024, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez added to ongoing legal scrutiny of Big Tech firms by filing a lawsuit against Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, alleging that the company systemically failed to protect children from sextortion, sexual exploitation, and harm.
‘Design It for Us’ tour visits UNC, discusses social media use
The Campus Y hosted a discussion last week with Design It For Us, an advocacy coalition that promotes youth involvement in the design of online spaces.
Youth-led coalition encourages responsible technology use by students
Design It For Us, a youth-led coalition aiming to improve online privacy, hosted a panel Sept. 11 in the Mary Graydon Center with experts who are focused on addressing just that — what the daily “I agree,” “yes” and “allow” really mean for young people.
Has Social Media Fuelled a Teen-Suicide Crisis?
Some of the senators who had spoken earlier also made remarks at the rally, as did the attorney general of New Mexico, the Facebook whistle-blower Arturo Béjar, and a youth activist named Zamaan Qureshi, who announced that a “coalition of young people” was determined “to take back control of our lives from social-media companies.” Arielle Geismar, George Washington University’s student-body president at the time, said, “We were forced to play a dopamine slot machine at the expense of our life.”