I worked with 46 young people on the social media consultation
This piece first appeared on AI & Tech Decoded, my Substack newsletter, on 3 June 2026.
Over the past few weeks I have been running research sessions with 46 young people — aged 8 to 21 — going through the government’s Growing Up in the Online World consultation questions together. Not answering on their behalf. Doing it with them, in real time, and watching what happened.
Some of it was what I expected. Some of it was not.