About this episode

Julianna Arnold discusses the impact of social media on youth and the ongoing trials against tech companies for their role in addictive product design.

Julianna Arnold is Coco's mom. Coco is forever 17, having been killed by a fentanyl overdose given to her from someone she trusted online. On this episode, learn how social media companies are finally being tried for addictive product design and how parents of kids who have suffered from online harms are staying strong.

People in this episode

Host: Hillary Wilkinson

Guest: Julianna Arnold

Topics covered

• fentanyl overdose
• social media
• addictive product design
• parenting
• online harms

Keywords

• fentanyl
• overdose
• social media
• addiction
• parenting
• online safety

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: social media companies

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