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Great quote from our co-chair Zamaan Qureshi in The New York Times today: "No matter how magnanimously Instagram describes its product updates, its goal is usually to keep people on the app for longer and longer... Young people see through this stuff" nytimes.com/2025/06/12/sty…

PRESS RELEASE: Design It For Us Applauds Signing of the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code into Law designitforus.org/press/design-i…

“Our future selves will thank us when we have safety, privacy, and autonomy in our digital experiences.” Kaitlynn Cherry, a Design It For Us advocate, was pivotal to the successful passage of the Vermont Age Appropriate Design Code. Go Kaitlynn! mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-new…

We're honored to be featured in the Diversity in Action magazine! @divinaction "Where we can continue that kind of effort to bring together multi-stakeholder coalitions to advocate for young people online, we will absolutely do that." 🔥

🚨 Early analysis says this deal might actually endanger the child safety laws it meant to protect & make it even harder for parents whose kids have been harmed by tech to seek justice. When we "move fast & break things," kids die. We need to hit the brakes on the AI moratorium.

I agree with this analysis. On the kids safety front — and as the authors note — this amendment likely **weakens** states’ ability to protect young people online, creating an undue burden. The AI moratorium must be removed. Full stop.

Thank you to Senator Sen. Marsha Blackburn for opposing the moratorium and advocating for the state protections guaranteed for young people online. Design It For Us is grateful! The fight goes on until we stop the state AI ban.

PRESS RELEASE: Design It For Us Statement on Senate’s Rejection of AI Moratorium designitforus.org/press/design-i…

Watch this episode from ZETA, where Organizing Director Nick Plante shares his journey from researching social media use to organizing for tech accountability. Such a good conversation. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZ7F7…

Our Organizing Director, Isabel Sunderland: “Unfortunately, we’ve lost a key thread when we’re talking about these platforms, and it’s the youth voice." We need to be an integral part of how these platforms are shaped. Our wellbeing is on the line. kctv5.com/2025/07/11/wor…

huge props to Encode and Young People's Alliance for their work to block the ten year ban on state and local ai regulation! #archewell #AI archewell.org/news/safety-by…

"We can't just build tools for young people, we have to build tools with young people." You can count on Zamaan to bring a youth perspective to these conversations. Thanks for having us Children and Screens!

This will only become increasingly common. In addition to mitigating the harms of AI, we also need to create more community spaces for young people irl.

AI is *already* having a profound impact on young people. We must to ensure these technologies are built with our wellbeing in mind.