If there's a better feeling than getting to inbox zero after a month on the road, I would very much like to know what it is. This is better than any spa.
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If there's a better feeling than getting to inbox zero after a month on the road, I would very much like to know what it is. This is better than any spa.
Manhattan road closures for a half marathon are so maddening - so much traffic being diverted because a bunch of people needed a medal to get up and run this morning.
Have you seen this yourself? I can’t replicate this on my end; all search results turn up fine.
Losers: The Democrats, whom Americans blame for banning their favorite app; the Court, which spent its capital on a case it didn’t need to decide; the First Amendment, which the Court weakened; Congress, which gave us this dumb law; the American people, whose actual interests have been ignored. /1
Wait it’s coming back?! What will I troll about the rest of this long weekend?
Watching the Loomer / Musk showdown on the other site is bringing back fond memories of writing long, excruciatingly detailed policy assessments of whether online behaviours merit suspension. I’m glad that X continues to uphold its position on doxxing, whatever else might be going on there.
Deeply hoping I get to DC on time for FOSI, but a bridge strike in Baltimore may have other plans for me. PSA to rideshare drivers: get your 💰 by heading to an Amtrak station along the Northeast Corridor!
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My bias is that I think child safety and wellbeing is one of the most exciting product and policy challenges to address in tech today. So be prepared for a lot of musings about this! For more of these insights, check out our newsletter, quire.substack.com.
Protecting and empowering young people has been my focus for 15+ years at platforms like Meta, Twitter, Google, and Disney, where I led teams building products, policies, and global partnerships to support kids and teens online.
I run www.vyanams.com, partnering with companies to design tech that protects and empowers Gen Alpha and Gen Z. From red-teaming AI models to developing product risk thresholds to decoding regulatory expectations, we’re all about creating safer digital spaces for kids and teens. 🚸💻
Hello, new followers! 👋🏾 I’m Vaishnavi—a safety strategist on a mission to create wiser, safer, and smarter tech for kids and teens. If you’re into trust & safety, ethical AI, or youth-focused safety by design, we’ve got lots to chat about. 💬
#trustandsafety friends this is such a great listen re: #safetybydesign. I loved @vaishnavi.bsky.social’s insights on SBD and safer online experiences for children and teens. Safe design benefits all, not just kids. m.youtube.com/watch?v=avkr...
A new issue of Quire in which we cover Australia's social media ban, the global push for age-based restrictions, and what fractured public trust in tech platforms means for them going forward quire.substack.com/p/social-med...
I love that TikTok audio is a source material for this work! So curious about this critique.
Great post for parents navigating their kids' use of social media by the always thoughtful @aagh.bsky.social
The one name I remember was "communities of interest" and the proposal was for users to be able to create starter packs of great accounts that their followers might like to follow in bulk. Definitely has its safety risks too but it's a cool concept.
Starter packs were part of multiple hackweeks but never won! Which is a pity because they would have been immensely helpful.
Love the transparency!
Feeling like a local - just clomped through a film set swearing mildly because they’ve blocked my street off and are obstructing my taxi (yes, taxi).
Also, the muscle memory that just posts to X first is hard to correct. Tips welcome!
🧒🏽 More thoughtful guidance around responsible design: Frameworks coming out of the UK and EU have guided companies in the changes they've made to protect youth wellbeing over the last four years. Attempts at public shaming have been significantly less successful.
🛍️ Companies, not consumers: Warning labels only pressurise parents to surveil their children, which is both impractical and infringes on key children's rights like privacy and access to information. Labels would not necessarily lead to better-designed products.
Cars, not tobacco: Social media, unlike tobacco, delivers significant value to young people when used wisely and with the right built-in protections. Think of it as cars to account for the accessibility and agency that it affords to young people when designed well.
The US surgeon general called for social media companies to come with warning labels for consumers, when what we need are better rules for companies: quire.substack.com/p/the-us-sur...
VYS’s next issue of Quire is out! While nuance around youth wellbeing and technology seems increasingly unlikely, here are some thoughtful ways to think about building responsibly for AI’s interaction with children: quire.substack.com/p/building-a...
Case in point: Consider that under 13s technically already aren't allowed on major social media platforms...
I said this last week in the TPP piece I shared here, as well as in the last issue of my youth policy newsletter, but it should clear that not all regulatory measures around youth are necessarily good or data-informed.
Just last month, it fell to Gov DeSantis to veto a bill that would ban those under 16 from social media, on the basis that was too extreme. The more moderate bill he just approved? Bans under 14s from social media, requires 14 / 15 year olds to get parental consent. www.nbcnews.com/tech/florida...
I wrote for @techpolicypress.bsky.social about KOSA and what its popularity means for the future of child safety regulation in the US. Spoiler: Regulation is not always a net positive, but there are ways to make it work, which will require companies to rethink their approach to youth design.
