Design it For Us co-chair Arielle Geismar issued the following statement after Meta announced a new curriculum to teach minors…

The Kids Code legislation offers long overdue protection for my generation so that we can experience a safer online environment after sustained exploitation and undue harms of social media. Instead of using this moment to practice accountability, Big Tech companies would rather continue to ignore our stories and experiences so that they can continue raking in profits at the expense of our safety and well-being.

We’re thrilled to see this rulemaking finalized. It’s a long-overdue step forward that will protect young people online from targeted advertising.

Design It For Us today unveiled its Declaration of Digital Rights, which centers youth voices in determining policy and design priorities needed to protect young users of social media platforms. Grounded in polling conducted during Design It For Us’ campus tour, the Declaration of Digital Rights presents a youth-led vision for social media advocacy. 

House leadership’s decision to kill KOSA despite the bill’s overwhelming bipartisan support only benefits Big Tech and their lobbyists. It is abhorrent that Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Scalise failed to heed the call of so many young people and parents crying out for online safety protections.

Youth coalition co-hosted a rally on Capitol Hill to call for immediate action on KOSA before the end of the…

Design It For Us co-chair Arielle Geismar issued the following statement on the Maryland Kids Code coming into effect.

Design It For Us co-chairs Zamaan Qureshi and Arielle Geismar issued the following joint statement after the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) out of the Committee:

Design it For Us co-chair Zamaan Qureshi released the following statement in response to Meta’s announced changes to teen safety tools on Instagram

Design It For Us Co-Chair Arielle Geismar issued the following statement on the coalition’s endorsement of H.R. 3106 or the “Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act,” led by Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.)

Design It For Us co-chair Arielle Geismar issued the following statement on the Ninth Circuit Court’s narrowing of the district court’s injunction blocking California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code.

Following today’s Senate passage of the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA), a package bill that includes the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and Children and Teen Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), Design It For Us co-chairs Zamaan Qureshi and Arielle Geismar issued the following statements: