Five ways to fix social media for teens without a ban

Around the world, the companies behind Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat are being prosecuted for how their platforms harm young people.

In some cases literally. Just last week a judge in Los Angeles decided that it was a legal case We can progress on the harms and addictiveness of applications made by Meta, ByteDance, Alphabet and Snap.

But most of these battles are fought in the courts of public opinion and policy. Events like this Facebook Files and COVID-19 lockdowns, which increased our dependence on technology, laid the foundation for a global backlash against big tech and its impact on young people.