Mar 30, 2026
By Ria Mirchandani Ria is a high school student and member of the ConnectSafely Youth Advisory Council. Editor’s Note: Inspired by the conversation at ConnectSafely’s January Youth Advisory Council meeting, Ria reflects on some of the topics discussed at the meeting...
Mar 26, 2026
By Julianna Bryant Julianna is a college student and member of the ConnectSafely Youth Advisory Council. If you had asked me a few years ago if I could ever delete Instagram, after I had spent every summer begging my parents for an account, I would have interpreted...
Mar 23, 2026
By Saihaj Sraon Saihaj is a member of the ConnectSafely Youth Advisory Council. In 1996, Congress amended the original Communications Act of 1934 with the Communications Decency Act. Embedded in that amendment is Section 230, widely hailed as one of the...
Feb 24, 2026
By Julianna Bryant Julianna is a college student and member of the ConnectSafely Youth Advisory Council. While technology keeps promising faster, smarter, and sleeker, Gen Z is choosing grainy photos, scratched CDs, and the slow ritual of pressing ‘play.’ In recent...
Nov 14, 2025
By Julianna BryantJulianna is a college student and member of the ConnectSafely Youth Advisory Council. Towards the end of October, Character.AI announced that it will soon remove open-ended chat for users under 18, an announcement that students of ConnectSafely’s...
Oct 31, 2025
By Jacob Bryant Jacob is a college student and member of the ConnectSafely Youth Advisory Council. Social media and our online presence on it have been a way to grow and connect with others we might not normally have the opportunity to meet. There are different spaces...
