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Youth Council

12 Aug 2026

AI Diagnosis Tools: Why Gen Z and Alpha Are Turning to Them

Annika Singh

One in five young people now turn to AI for mental health advice. This piece asks not whether it's accurate, but why we reach for it at all.
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Youth Council

22 Jul 2026

Long After Geneva, 2026

Crystal B. Isanda

Youth were finally at the table at the UN's first Global Dialogue on AI Governance. But inclusion in the room isn't the same as shaping what the room decides.
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Conference Insights

27 Apr 2026

When Institutions and Grassroots Meet

Angeline Corvaglia

Online safety work runs on two separate approaches that rarely talk to each other. This post looks at what happens in the gap between them, and why it matters.
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Conference Insights

20 Apr 2026

The Grassroots Theory of Change

Angeline Corvaglia

Some of the most important lessons about online harm come from practitioners working directly with affected communities, not from a distance. Here's what that approach makes possible.
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Conference Insights

13 Apr 2026

The Institutional Theory of Change

Angeline Corvaglia

For decades, progress in online safety has come through laws, research, and policy. This post looks at what that approach has built, and where it reaches its limit.