The University of Southern California Neely Center creates tools to inform the ethical design of technology. For example, our Design Code for Social Media has been endorsed and adopted by numerous policy makers, technologists, academics, and civil society groups all seeking to specifically improve technology’s impact on well-being.
July 2024: The USC Neely Center joined the Inspired Internet Pledge as an Advisor.
Oct 2023: USC Neely Center’s Design Code for Social Media launches 9 specific content agnostic design solutions to empower users and improve the societal impact of social media platforms.They are informed by evidence from both industry and academia. Broadly, they enable greater explicit user control, protect children through better defaults, improve incentives, and prevent small groups of users from manipulating and harming others. Provisions from it have been adopted by policy makers (e.g. Minnesota and the UK) and within numerous technology companies (e.g. alternatives to engagement optimization).”