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Anne Collier: Elevating Youth Voices in Online Safety | Episode #6
36 minutes Posted Feb 28, 2024 at 5:50 pm.
– Anne’s journey as a writer and advocate in youth and digital media
– Changes in online safety, citizenship and literacy over the years
– Metaverse and generative AI
– Pressing online safety concerns for youth today
– Most common types of fears youth express about online safety
– Advice for parents on how to support their children
– Importance of granting children agency
– Significant research findings that have inspired Anne’s approach
– Advocating for the inclusion of youth’s voices in shaping online safety policies
– What the Gen Zers are saying
– Hopes and aspirations for the future of youth and digital media
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A writer and a youth advocate, Anne has been writing about youth and digital media since 1997. She is the founder and executive director of a non-profit organisation called The Net Safety Collaborative, which runs NetFamilyNews.org and piloted a social media helpline for schools in California. Anne serves on the trust & safety councils of several large tech companies, including Meta, Roblox, YouTube and Teleperformance, and has served on three US national task forces on youth and Internet safety. Anne has co-authored numerous articles, chapters and academic papers on youth digital practices, mental health and wellbeing and human dignity in cyberbullying prevention. She is co-editor of a book on youth, social media and mental health to be published soon by the American Psychiatric Association.
15:28 – Advice for parents on how to support their children 
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