Lightweb Darkweb

Lightweb Darkweb makes the case for the critical need to reform social media, especially for young users. Its author, Raffi Cavoukian, the renowned singer, Raffi, is also a writer, systems thinker, and founder of the Centre for Child Honouring. He offers three reasons for social media reform: safety, intelligence, and sustainability. A response to the suicide of Vancouver teen Amanda Todd after years of online harassment, and dedicated to her, Lightweb Darkweb is a call for sanity in the digital age. Social media providers must make systemic changes for young users' safety, and parents need to regulate their kids' screen time and social media use. Society can optimize the benefits of the Internet only by reducing its shadow of social, ecological and health hazards. Lightweb Darkweb highlights children's developmental needs as a key missing consideration in the digital revolution. The result is a much-needed book for our times.

Lightweb Darkweb makes the case for the critical need to reform social media, especially for young users. Its author, Raffi Cavoukian, the renowned singer, Raffi, is also a writer, systems thinker, and founder of the Centre for Child Honouring. He offers three reasons for social media reform: safety, intelligence, and sustainability. A response to the suicide of Vancouver teen Amanda Todd after years of online harassment, and dedicated to her, Lightweb Darkweb is a call for sanity in the digital age. Social media providers must make systemic changes for young users' safety, and parents need to regulate their kids' screen time and social media use. Society can optimize the benefits of the Internet only by reducing its shadow of social, ecological and health hazards. Lightweb Darkweb highlights children's developmental needs as a key missing consideration in the digital revolution. The result is a much-needed book for our times.