European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to announce details of plans to regulate social media use among youth across the European Union during her State of the Union speech on Sept. 16.
The following experts are available to media for comment.
Emma Duerden
Associate Professor, Education
- Screen time and mental health
- Cognition and behaviour
- Social media and child development
Christopher Dietzel (also available for French-language interviews)
Postdoctoral fellow, Sociology
- Benefits, risks, and possibilities associated with everyday digital platform
- Digital safety among youth
- Tech-facilitated sexual violence
Kaitlynn Mendes
Professor, Sociology
- Social media and online harms
- Tech-facilitated sexual violence
- Youth online violence
Luke Stark
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies
- Historical, social, and ethical impacts of social media platforms and artificial intelligence technologies
- Technologies mediating social and emotional expression
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