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Adam Billen: What Technology Policy Must Confront
Eight focused conversations examine opaque systems, known harms, transparency, whistleblowers, and the public consensus for meaningful change.
August 21, 2026 · 8-part video series
Systems families cannot fully inspect
Adam Billen explains why families are being asked to manage technologies whose inner workings and risks are often difficult for the public to see. Individual choices matter, but they cannot substitute for transparency and accountable product design.
The series connects technical systems with the real conditions children and families face every day.
Policy priorities in the conversation
- Require meaningful transparency about product risks and automated systems.
- Protect whistleblowers who bring evidence of harm to light.
- Respond directly to intimate-image abuse and other foreseeable forms of exploitation.
- Turn broad public agreement about children’s safety into enforceable action.
Digital Vanguard video series
Watch the conversation in 8 focused chapters.
Chapter 01
Black-box systems replicate the structure of the brain
Chapter 02
Systems we do not understand are interacting with our kids
Chapter 03
Competition and transparency
Chapter 04
We know only a fraction of the harms
Chapter 05
Protect whistleblowers
Chapter 06
No more revenge porn
Chapter 07
Some saw AI coming years ago
Chapter 08