Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED)
Our initiative is a public health incubator, designed to cultivate novel insights and strategies for prevention. We introduce trainees to a rich array of disciplinary perspectives, methodologies, and theories and provide them with opportunities to join crosscutting collaborative teams.
Judicial Primer & Training: Algorithmic Systems and Digital Harm
This page provides judicial education resources on algorithmic systems, platform design, and digital harm. These materials are designed for judges, law clerks, legal educators, attorneys, and others seeking a plain-language foundation for understanding how engagement-based social media systems work and how they may intersect with civil claims involving youth mental health and well-being.
Judicial Primer
Understanding Algorithms and Platform Design: A Judicial Primer on Algorithmic Systems and Digital Harm
The primer explains engagement-based algorithms, distinguishes content from platform design, and connects those technical concepts to civil law frameworks, including foreseeability, product safety, First Amendment issues, and Section 230.
Citation: Costello N, Kavanaugh JR, Berish C, Keane M, Appel J, Bromberg M, Austin SB. Understanding Algorithms and Platform Design: A Judicial Primer on Algorithmic Systems and Digital Harm. Boston, MA: STRIPED (Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders); February 23, 2026. http://hsph.me/algorithm-auditing
Recorded Judicial Training
Social Media Platform Design, Algorithmic Systems, and Digital Harm: A Virtual Judicial Training for Judges and Law Clerks
This recorded training builds on the Judicial Primer and introduces core concepts related to engagement-based algorithms, platform architecture, youth mental health harms, and legal questions involving digital harm. Training recorded May 13, 2026. For details, see the event page.