Prosocial Tech Policy

The Prosocial Tech Policy Hub focuses on ideas to advance prosocial design legislation & regulation. Our key activities include working on policy recommendations, engaging with regulators, and sharing best practices. We focus on engaging with regulators and civil society, particularly in the Global Majority, to influence tech policy that aligns with social cohesion goals.

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Helena Puig Larrauri of Build Up offers an innovative approach to combating online polarization in her piece, Societal divides as a taxable negative externality of digital platforms.‍
Ravi Iyer of USC’s Neely Center led the efforts of creating a list of specific steps we can take to design social media systems to better serve society. They are soliciting signatures from supporting individuals and organizations.‍
‍A Timeline and Catalog of Tech Company Efforts to Reduce Harmful Content ‍
These reports were launched at the February 2023 Conference on Designing Tech for Social Cohesion.
Ravi Iyer of USC’s Neely Center published A Concise Social Media Design Election Advocacy Guide. Outreach is underway with a variety of stakeholders and allies.
Dr. Lisa Schirch, Ravi Iyer and Lena Slachmuijlder published ‘Toward Prosocial Tech Design Governance‘ in Tech Policy Press, advocating for a design governance focus to incentivize tech to mitigate harms and build cohesion. A French version of the article can be found here.
‍The Integrity Institute published a guide on Elections Integrity Best Practices, and a Part Two, offering platforms best practices from across the industry to help better support healthy elections. This is part of their larger Elections Integrity Program.

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Ravi Iyer

Renee Black

Peter Chapman

Prosocial Tech Policy

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