OUR PARTICIPANTS
KRISTIN BRIDE
“I’m doing this work so that no other parent has to suffer losing a child the way I did.”
In 2020 Kristin lost her son Carson. He took his life after he had been viciously cyber-bullied through anonymous apps on Snapchat. Carson was 16. In the wake of unimaginable loss, Kristin transformed her grief into action.
In 2021, she co-founded the Online Harms Prevention Workgroup. She also filed a national class action lawsuit against anonymous apps Yolo and LMK, forcing Snapchat to immediately remove these apps from its platform.
In 2023, Kristin testified before Congress about the harmful designs used by tech platforms to addict our children. She continues to be a leading voice for social media reform.
TRISHA PRABHU
“What if we could stop cyberbullying at the source, and help the bully make better choices?”
Trisha Prabhu is a 23-year-old Indian-American innovator, social entrepreneur, and global advocate. She is the inventor of ReThink, a patented technology and an effective way to detect and stop online hate.
Trisha’s achievements have been recognized by President Obama, Google, Shark Tank, TED, and many others. Since its inception, ReThink has been adopted in hundreds of communities around the world.
Trisha believes that technology can be employed to bring kindness and mutual understanding into our online interactions. She is training the next generation of ReThinkers through her nonprofit ReThink Citizens.
THE OFFLINE CLUB
“Our phones are taking too much of our valuable time, and we are not really connecting with people anymore.”
The Offline Club was founded in Amsterdam in 2023 by Jordy van Bennekom, Valentijn Klok and Ilya Kneppelhout.
Through events and hangouts, they offer a space where people can disconnect from their digital devices and reconnect with themselves and each other.
Local phone free hangouts and events quickly turned into a global movement, as the Offline Club went viral – ironically over Instagram!
You can find out more about local Offline Clubs and upcoming events through their website.