Lightweb Darkweb: Three Reasons To Reform Social Media Before It Re-Forms Us

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
-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.