Online Harms Should Not Be Reframed as User Choices
Meta’s settlement asks families to manage the harms its platforms create. Canada’s online harms rules must go further by holding companies responsible for the safety of their services.
Neha Nandakumar
Technology Policy Researcher at GoodBot and BUILD Fellow at Apathy is Boring
Neha Nandakumar is a recent graduate from Simon Fraser University's Philosophy MA program. She volunteers as a Technology Policy Researcher at GoodBot, and works on online platform governance and design as a BUILD Fellow at Apathy is Boring. She also serves on the Emerging Leaders Network Advisory Committee at CivicAction, and is a recipient of a Public Affairs Fellowship at Navigator Ltd., and a Study in British Columbia Writer’s Award. Neha is passionate about creating safer digital spaces, and has conducted research on social media scams, online radicalization, and digital wellbeing in Canada. Her approach is also informed by her experiences in India, where she supported social impact initiatives in food wastage reduction and public school education, and completed a BA in Sociology and Anthropology.
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