In 2025, DDIA's Founder and Executive Director Roberta Braga joined The Council for Responsible Social Media, a cross-partisan group of leaders addressing the negative mental, civic, and public health impacts of social media in America.
As a unique and unified voice, the Council strives to shape the national conversation around social media reform so it is focused on meaningful, achievable and bipartisan solutions. Here’s how it does this:
Advocate for key policies both at the federal and state level.
Publicly pressure social media platforms to make meaningful platform and internal governance changes.
Hold bipartisan public hearings — both in-person and virtual — that are open to the press and highlight testimony from parents, pediatricians, child psychologists, national security leaders and tech experts who can shed light on the impact of decisions being made inside the platforms.
Serve as a resource for the media, providing bipartisan insights, information, and quotes. The Council will point reporters and producers to academics, advocates, other stakeholders who also have bipartisan or nonpartisan credibility.
Develop and strategically distribute powerful written and video content about the harms caused by social media.
In may 26-28, the members of the council met at Notre Dame University to discuss its strategic imperatives for 2025 and beyond.