Giving Youth a Seat at the Table
NoFiltr Youth Innovation Council
The NoFiltr Youth Innovation Council is a unique space where young people address critical digital safety issues through meaningful dialogue and engage directly with tech companies and social media platforms to drive change.
Our Work
NoFiltr’s Youth Innovation Council (YIC) is a diverse, compensated group of young leaders (ages 13–18) from across the U.S., selected for their lived experience, digital fluency, and passion for shaping safer online spaces.
100+
youth empowered as digital
safety leaders and role models.
200+
Youth-led resources built
alongside tech platforms.
120+
actionable recommendations and insights
through surveys and workshops
with platforms.
A 10-month program where we
Speak directly with youth from around the United States.
We believe that young people have the power to change the world and play a critical role in developing resources to steward digital safety.
Youth Insight
The YIC surfaces lived experiences, emerging trends, and real needs from young people navigating digital platforms today.
Co-Creation
Council members work alongside partners to design, test, and refine digital safety resources, features, and strategies.
Leadership & Impact
The YIC builds youth leadership, working with peers on projects that turn insight into action, influencing real product, policy, and platform decisions.
Youth Lead at the Edge of Technology
Emerging Tech & AI Pod
Youth explore how new technologies, including AI, are shaping online experiences, risks, and opportunities, and help guide more responsible, youth-informed innovation.
Information Literacy Pod
Youth examine how information spreads online, including misinformation and influence, and co-create strategies that support critical thinking, trust, and informed participation.
Digital Wellbeing Pod
Youth focus on how digital spaces affect mental health, identity, and balance, helping shape tools and resources that support healthier online experiences.
Thinking About a Youth Innovation Council? Start Here.
NoFiltr offers focused advisory support to help organizations engage young people safely, ethically, and effectively, especially when the work is complex or high-stakes.
Hear from our YIC
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See what our Youth Innovation Council members have been creating.
Follow our dedicated Youth Innovation Council profiles to see all of the amazing content they’ve been creating to make digital spaces a place we all want to hang out.