UPDATED 01/2023, LISTED BELOW ARE:

  • Groups specifically dedicated to stopping Pass Out Challenges
  • Activist organizations dedicated stopping Social Media Harms courtesy of socialmediaharms.org
  • Additional organizations aligned with Erik's Cause

Disclaimer:  
The below links are to other groups and organizations with whom we share various common goals.  From time to time, Erik's Cause may align with some of these groups for common-mission specific projects. 

Erik's Cause provides these links for informational purposes only.  Erik's Cause does not endorse any other specific organization or group, has not vetted or approved any program material that may be offered by any of these entities and provides no recommendation as to any specific entity's potential quality and/or effectiveness

Previously listed groups with with non-working links have been removed.

GROUPS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO STOPPING PASS OUT CHALLENGES

ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO STOPPING SOCIAL MEDIA HARMS IN GENERAL (COURTESY OF SOCIALMEDIAHARMS.ORG)

The direct link on socialmediaharms.org can be accessed here:  Activist Organizations-Social Media, Technology, Mental Health

  • Screentime Action Network, at Fairplay. "A coalition of practitioners, educators, advocates, and parents working to promote a healthy childhood by reducing the amount of time kids spend with digital devices."
  • Fairplay, "an independent voice standing up for what kids and families really need, free from the false promises of marketers and the  manipulations of Big Tech." 
  • LookUp, "We discover, empower, and support youth leaders. These leaders are taking action to raise awareness, inspire, and design a healthier, more inclusive, and responsible digital world"
  • Social Media Victims Law Center"Empowering Parents to Protect Their Kids and Hold Social Media Companies Accountable"
  • Common Sense, "Dedicated to helping all kids thrive in a world of media and technology."
  • Women in AI Ethics"a global initiative with a mission to increase recognition, representation, and empowerment of women in AI Ethics."
  • Accountable Tech, "Social media giants are eroding our consensus reality and pushing democracy to the brink. Accountable Tech is fighting back."  
  • 5 Rights Foundation, Advocating for International Age Appropriate Design Internet Technology
  • Internet Watch Foundation, The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a technology-led, child protection organisation, making the internet a safer place for children and adults across the world.
  • Check My Ads, "An independent watchdog reshaping the digital adtech industry from within its ranks."
  • Becca Schmill Foundation, "To fund and advocate for policies, programs and research that promote and safeguard the emotional wellbeing of adolescents and young adults." 
  • Erik's Cause, "Turning our Tragedy into Action to Combat Viral and Deadly Online Challenges"
  • Healthy Online Platforms for Everyone (HOPE),  Youth Leadership Institute, a coalition organizing to hold Facebook, and the larger online community, accountable for the advertising that we all receive.  Emphasis on youth advocacy.
  • Molly Rose FoundationThe aim of the Molly Rose Foundation is suicide prevention, targeted towards young people under the age of 25.
  • National Center for Sexual ExploitationProtecting Children from Online Exploitation
  • Center for AI and Digital Policy, "Aims to ensure that artificial intelligence and digital policies promote a better society, more fair, more just, and more accountable." 
  • Cyberbullying Research Center, "Dedicated to providing up-to-date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents"
  • Center for Countering Digital Hate"International not-for-profit NGO that seeks to disrupt the architecture of online hate and misinformation."
  • The Breck Foundation, Internet safety education for children and young people, 
  • Walt'z WaltzDedicated to ending Stigmas Surrounding Mental Health Issues, 
  • Cure Mental Health Diseases, https://curementalhealthdisease.com/  "We are a coalition advocating to increase funding for curing mental health diseases, utilizing cutting edge genetic and epigenetic research."
  • Center for Humane Technology, mission is to align technology with humanity’s best interests. We envision a world with technology that respects our attention, improves our well-being, and strengthens communities.
  • Tech Transparency Project TTP is an information and research hub for journalists, academics, policymakers and members of the public interested in exploring the influence of the major technology platforms on politics, policy, and our lives.
  • Stop Online Violence Against WomenSOVAW addresses the online violence and harassment that plagued women and girls of color on various platforms in 2013. 
  • ultravioletFighting to make the internet safe for all women
  • Integrity Institute, "A community of [Internet Platform] integrity professionals—the people who build platforms to be better."

ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ALIGNED WITH ERIK'S CAUSE

  • Parents-Together, making the maximum positive effort for our community. Members and volunteers provide the momentum that helps us affect change. Using data driven models, we provide solutions that make a long-lasting difference.
  • No Apps For Life, repair the fallout of digital socialization, restore the value of authentic human interactions, repair the fallout of digital socialization, restore the value of authentic human interactions, and repair the fallout of digital socialization, prevent the harmful policies that continue to go unchecked.  
  • Avaaz Foundation, empowers millions of people from all walks of life to take action on pressing global, regional and national issues, from corruption and poverty to conflict and climate change. Our model of internet organising allows thousands of individual efforts, however small, to be rapidly combined into a powerful collective force.
  • Social Media Harms, This site provides lists of over 180 peer-reviewed studies, scholarly reviews and books, and articles that use journalistic standards to document the negative effects of social media use.   Potential Policy Reforms are also listed.
  • LiveMore/ScreenLess, promotes and advocates Digital Wellbeing for and with young people.
  • Alexander Neville Foundation, mission is to rid social media of drug trafficking.
  • Center for Online Safetychildren deserve to be safe online; and support this mission by teaching adults how to guide children toward healthy and intentional relationships with technology, while strengthening offline relationships with family and friends.

 

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