Speaker #1:
Talia Cole, Founder + Chief Executive Officer
Media Savvy Teens
Talia Cole is a high school student and nonprofit founder passionate about public policy, media literacy, and civic engagement. She is the founder of Media Savvy Teens, where she works to educate young people about misinformation and digital safety, and runs Public Policy with Talia, a platform focused on making policy issues accessible to students. Talia is involved in journalism, law, and research initiatives, and is especially interested in the intersection of technology, democracy, and youth engagement.
Speaker #2:
Imran Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer
Center for Countering Digital Hate
Imran Ahmed is the founding CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. He is a recognized authority on the social and psychological dynamics of social media, as well as what goes wrong in those spaces, such as trolling, identity-based hate, misinformation, conspiracy theories, modern extremism and fake news. He regularly features in the media as an expert in online malignant behaviour and how bad actors use digital spaces to harm others and benefit themselves. Imran is a trustee of the UK charity, Victim Support. He advises politicians in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere on policy and legislation. Imran was raised in Manchester, England. He holds an MA in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge. Imran lives in Washington, DC.
Speaker #3:
Benjamin Cole, Mathematics major with a minor in Computer Science
Princeton University
Talia Cole is a high school student and nonprofit founder passionate about public policy, media literacy, and civic engagement. She is the founder of Media Savvy Teens, where she works to educate young people about misinformation and digital safety, and runs Public Policy with Talia, a platform focused on making policy issues accessible to students. Talia is involved in journalism, law, and research initiatives, and is especially interested in the intersection of technology, democracy, and youth engagement.
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