Youth Policy & Governance

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Technology is reshaping how young people learn, play, connect, and grow up, often faster than the policies and practices meant to support them. Drawing on deep expertise at the intersection of youth, data, and technology, FPF’s youth well-being initiative takes on the full range of issues shaping young people’s digital lives, from AI and personalization to online safety, marketing practices, and design that fits a young person’s age and stage of development. A central focus is the hard work of implementation and governance.

As governments around the world adopt new and often conflicting requirements, particularly around age assurance, companies face difficult questions about how to comply across jurisdictions while still delivering safe, positive experiences for young users. We develop best practices and practical frameworks to help them navigate those obligations, and we work with policymakers, educators, researchers, and civil society to make sure the rules being written can be put into practice in ways that genuinely serve young people.