STRIPED’s Bryn Austin and Nancy Costello Featured in Scientific American on Social Media Accountability
A new Scientific American article explores the growing concerns around social media addiction and what it will take to better protect young people online.
STRIPED Director S. Bryn Austin and Collaborating Mentor Nancy Costello, a law professor at Michigan State University, discuss why age restrictions alone are not enough to address the risks posed by social media platforms.
The article highlights their work developing model legislation that would require independent audits of social media algorithms to identify potentially harmful recommendation patterns, including whether platforms disproportionately push eating disorder content to young people.
Their work emphasizes the need to move beyond placing responsibility on young users and families and toward holding social media companies accountable for how their platforms operate.
Read the full article in Scientific American, written by Allison Parshall.
