I sat down with fellow Digital Natives and co-chairs of Design It For Us, Zamaan Qureshi and Emma Lembke, to discuss the current state of social media legislation regarding kids and teens. 

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro

0:27 - The relationship between social media and youth

2:43 - The current state of social media legislation

04:00 - Meet Zamaan and Emma

5:49 - What is nDesign It For Us?

06:43 - Legislation they support vs oppose

09:04 - Why leaders should listen to Digital Natives

10:36 - Experience of growing up online

12:20 - Reflecting on the past decade 

16:37 - Parent vs government regulation

18:37 - Why minors and not everyone, yet?

21:32 - Will legislation ruin online freedom?

23:02 - The social media and tobacco comparison

24:02 - Supporting legislation as a social media lover

27:03 - Emma testifying before Congress 

30:30 - Tackling AI, mixed reality, and social media 

33:17 - Considering how China is mitigating screen addiction

38:13 - Protecting minors featured in guardians’ content 

39:35 - Balancing the physical and digital

41:20 - Outro and takeaways

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Intro animation by Black Book Studio: https://www.blackbook.studio/

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Interviewees:

https://twitter.com/zamaan_qureshi

https://twitter.com/emmalembke

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Learn more about their work: https://designitforus.org/

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Legislation mentioned: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a0h9toUvFndAoyuAAASWMVfPyFteqD2D2ko5uU3PVlI/edit