What Tech Companies Know About Your Kids

The digital platforms you and your family use every day -- from online games to education apps and medical portals -- may be collecting and selling your children's data, says anthropologist Veronica Barassi. Sharing her eye-opening research, Barassi urges parents to look twice at digital terms and conditions instead of blindly accepting them -- and to demand protections that ensure their kids' data doesn't skew their future. This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMileHigh, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

 About the speaker Veronica Barassi · Anthropologist Veronica Barassi campaigns and writes about the impact of data technologies and artificial intelligence on human rights and democracy.

How To Revive Your Belief In Democracy

Civic evangelist Eric Liu shares a powerful way to rekindle the spirit of citizenship and the belief that democracy still works. Join him for a trip to "Civic Saturday" and learn more about how making civic engagement a weekly habit can help build communities based on shared values and a path to belonging. This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page. About the speaker Eric Liu · Civic evangelist, author Eric Liu is working to spark a civic revival in the US and beyond.