Future Forward

Social Media. It’s a big part of the lives of young people today. Big, as in 5 hours a day or more It isn’t a hobby. It our friends, our social lives, our school work, our news, it’s our media. Which is to say, it isn’t going away. Not at all. But the companies that run the platforms are now under fire. Congress, the courts, and parents all want to know how they got to be so powerful, so addictive, and so profitable so quickly. Frances Haugen was working at Facebook when she had a chance to see what no one outside the company could. That Facebook had data, damming data, that its platforms Facebook and Instagram were doing real harm. Francis decided to blow the whistle, and did so first in the Wall Street Journal, and then in front of Congress. I’m Aidan Kohn Murphy, the founder of GenZforChange and I’m Olivia Seltzer, the founder of CrammNews And we’ll be joined by 15 NexGen media makers and consumers, in an open round table to explore Social Media and it’s impact on our community, in a round table conversat