Would it be positive if social media companies were to give presentations in schools to educate teenagers about social media issues ?

Hi everyone,
I work for one of the main social media companies (not saying which one), and I have the opportunity to propose a project of my choice and present my idea which could eventually lead to something concrete (lots of if, but still worth trying).
In my role, I am facing on a daily basis the risks social medias put on teenagers and on society in general (social media addiction, loss of attention span capacity, online bullying and sexual harassment, dangerous or self-harm trends, misinformation, exposure to adult and shocking content, scams, and so on).
My idea would consists in organizing, in the name of the social media I am working for, webinars with schools (secondary schools and highschools) in order to provide teenagers insights about some of these risks and contribute to educate them on how to have a more healthy relationship to social medias and to online information in general.

I personally believe that today's teenagers, despite being born with social media (Facebook existing before they were born, gosh I'm old), are atrociously undereducated on risks inherent to social medias. Do you agree ? I also believe that in the matter, social medias companies should have a role and some responsability to take in transparency with the risks assessed by studies.

To all the teachers, educators, and parents out there : would you think that this could be a good idea that could have a positive impact at scale ? If not, why ? Do you eventually see areas of improvement of my ideas ? Or some risks inherent to having social medias making that step themselves ? I'm interested into having a fruitful discussion on the subject!

Submitted January 28, 2024 at 11:51AM by LeBulleur https://ift.tt/eWoT2Bd