Our guest today, Larissa May, has become one of the leading voices in California and across the country in the quest for young people to have a healthier relationship with social media and the digital world in general. May came to this work through her own traumatic experiences as a young person overwhelmed by social media. Mays is the founder of #halfthestory, which works with schools, state and federal governments, and Fortune 500 companies to create new standards for digital use and to educate young people on the dangers inherent to obsessing over social media. She joined us today to share her story and to talk about a new bill – SB 1504, authored by Sen. Henry Stern – that would require social media platforms to change the way they deal with online bullying. Plus, as always,we tell you who had the worst week in California Politics.
Our guest today, Larissa May, has become one of the leading voices in California and across the country in the quest for young people to have a healthier relationship with social media and the digital world in general. May came to this work through her own traumatic experiences as a young person overwhelmed by social media. Mays is the founder of #halfthestory, which works with schools, state and federal governments, and Fortune 500 companies to create new standards for digital use and to educate young people on the dangers inherent to obsessing over social media.
She joined us today to share her story and to talk about a new bill – SB 1504, authored by Sen. Henry Stern – that would require social media platforms to change the way they deal with online bullying. Plus, as always,we tell you who had the worst week in California Politics.
Episode Notes
1:31 #halfthestory
4:09 Cyberbullying and SB 1504
7:45 The bully in our back pocket
9:09 A world of misinformation
10:49 Background on the bill
12:10 How does #halfthestory teach Digital Wellness?
16:46 "How do you build speed bumps into the digital world?"
19:16 Doomscrolling
22:15 KOSA and other legisation
24:59 #WWCA: Golden Shower of Hits