Research Project:

Social Media Accountability

This model legislation provides a state-level framework to require independent third-party audits of social media algorithms, mandate transparency reporting, and enable regulatory enforcement to identify, measure, and reduce design-related harms to youth.

A collection of news reports documenting the harms of social media on youth.

This video series presents a policy roadmap to address social media–related harms to youth, integrating public health evidence with legal and economic strategies and highlighting independent algorithm audits as a key tool for accountability.

This judicial primer provides an accessible overview of how algorithmic systems and platform design shape online experiences and contribute to digital harms, equipping judges with the legal, technical, and public health context needed to evaluate emerging claims involving social media and algorithmic accountability.

This fact sheet outlines the legal rationale for requiring independent third-party audits of social media algorithms, arguing that such audits are a viable and necessary mechanism to increase transparency, mitigate harms to youth, and hold platforms accountable within existing regulatory frameworks.