Center for Digital Democracy

Digital safeguards for children and youth -- children are growing up tethered to social media, video entertainment, gaming, and mobile platforms operated by facebook, google, and other powerful corporations. There is a growing body of evidence documenting how the technology industry has significantly increased risks to childrens privacy bombarded them with misinformation, hate, and racist speech exposed them to cyberbullying and sexual predation and contributed to behaviors that threaten their health and well-being. It appears that just as they do for adults, Digital platforms data practices can also produce disparate outcomes for children of color and low income youth exacerbating existing disparities in racial, economic, and political equity. The growing power of global big tech platforms creates an urgent need for comprehensive, coordinated, international efforts to promote greater corporate accountability and stronger government policies on behalf of children, and to ensure that safeguards are built into the foundation of emerging platforms and services. Cont. On sch o

The centers media accountability program identifies, analyzes and develops public education initiatives to ensure the u.s. Digital media system operates in ways that support Democracy.