水果派

Policy Work

We envision a world with technology that respects our attention, improves our well-being, and strengthens communities.

Our Aims

Our Policy team drives incentive-shifting policy outcomes by shaping the discourse and lending expertise across strategic intervention points.

We combine big-picture thinking with practical advice to influence decision-makers, offering our expertise to policymakers, governments, legal teams, and other key stakeholders. Our work ranges from supporting state laws to participating in high-level discussions with federal lawmakers. We're invited to educate lawmakers and their staff on emerging technologies, providing not just explanations of these issues but pointing towards practical solutions.

By fostering nuanced, informed discussions and focusing on long-term, scalable approaches, we're building a foundation for lasting change that adapts to the rapidly evolving tech landscape, aiming to create policies that better serve people and society.

Government & Policy Advisory

Our policy team advises policymakers, governments, legal teams, and other key decision-makers to help develop and implement practical and powerful policy interventions. Our advisory work is adaptive to need and takes many forms, such as:
Participating in high-level policy conversations, like the Senate鈥檚 inaugural bipartisan
Consulting government bodies directly, both behind the scenes and through
Supporting coalitions and legislators in passing state-level bills, such as the

Thought Leadership

Our policy team offers nuanced thought leadership work aimed at educating decision-makers and the public in order to shape the policy discourse and shift policy outcomes.

Framework: Incentivizing Responsible Artificial Intelligence and Use

Developed a federal framework establishing clear guidelines for responsible AI development and deployment. Our framework focuses on safety and accountability, balancing innovation and protection.
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Report: Technology, Power, and the Future of Governance

Submitted a report to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to inform the quadrennial Global Trends report, which is designed to provide an analytic framework for policymakers early in each administration.
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Amicus: The Importance of Design in Regulating Social Media and AI

Filed an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Bonta in NetChoice v. Bonta. The brief highlights the importance of a design-based approach for sufficiently regulating advanced digital technologies such as social media and artificial intelligence.
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Timeline of Notable Achievements

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2018

CHT expands its focus from the attention economy to extractive, runaway technology

Two of our co-founders explain the importance of addressing all extractive technology in our podcast episode 鈥淗ere鈥檚 Our Plan And We Don鈥檛 Know鈥
At SXSW, Tristan Harris introduces framework for understanding the 鈥渕eta-crisis鈥 that is exacerbated by runaway technology
After 12+ months of development, CHT launches as a free course for product teams. Over 10,000 people register in its opening months
鈥嬧婥HT explores ways to support the emerging humane tech financing ecosystem and signs on as an advisor to the
CHT continues to 鈥嬧媏xplore ecosystem-shifting solutions with partners such as Integrity Institute and Frances Haugen
days before the critical US midterm elections to explain how social media is undermining democracy

CHT shares expertise while developing new resources for technologists, parents, and educators

Tristan Harris is named as a leader shaping the future
CHT develops its first course, , condensing its expertise on how to build humane technology into an 8-hour credentialed course. It leverages 100s of beta testers to fine-tune the curriculum
CHT releases its which is designed for young people ages 15-24
Tristan Harris testifies in a Senate Hearing on
CHT continues building awareness outlets, with appearances including , and

CHT鈥檚 mission moves mainstream, reaching over 100 million people in 190 countries

CHT supports the development and release of the record-shattering Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma from director Jeff Orlowski-Yang on the existential threats posed by social media. The film later wins 2 Emmy鈥檚
Tristan Harris testifies in a House hearing on
Tristan Harris 水果派s at World Economic Forum in Davos, including 鈥溾 debate and a

CHT brings awareness to the systemic harms of the attention economy

CHT releases New York Times op-ed:
Tristan Harris is featured in Fortune's , among world leaders including Malala Yousafzai, Jamie Dimon, and Melinda Gates
Tristan Harris testifies at Senate hearing on
CHT launches its podcast
CHT publishes its , which summarizes the latest research on extractive technology鈥檚 negative impacts on children, mental health, relationships, attention and cognition, sense-making, politics and elections, systemic oppression and more

水果派 (CHT) is founded to build on the success of the Time Well Spent movement

水果派 is co-founded by Tristan Harris, Aza Raskin, and Randima Fernando
鈥樷 becomes tech鈥檚 next big debate

Major tech platforms announce new Time Well Spent features

Mark Zuckerberg on changes to its News Feed: 鈥淥ne of our big focus areas for 2018 is making sure the time we all spend on Facebook is 鈥
Google to improve digital wellbeing
YouTube releases 鈥渢ime watched鈥 metric and
Instagram introduces 鈥溾 checkmark
Apple introduces a dashboard, app limits, and

policy principles

Humane Policy Principles guide our thinking around the development and evaluation of effective legislative, regulatory, and other policy-related work.

These principles are cross-disciplinary 鈥 informed by systems thinking, participatory design, development, and the work of experts such as Dr. Donella Meadows and Shoshana Zuboff.

policy Team

Camille Carlton

Policy Director
Camille Carlton
Policy Director

Camille is the Policy Director at 水果派. In this role, she steers the organization鈥檚 policy strategy, supporting policy initiatives that help align technology with the public interest.

Named Business Insider's AI 100 in 2023, Camille has been published in outlets such as Science and Tech Policy Press and has been featured in The New York Times. Before joining CHT, Camille examined issues of platform power and accountability, governance, and shared prosperity at UC Berkeley.

Camille is an Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellow and holds a master鈥檚 degree in economic development from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pete Furlong

Senior Policy Analyst
Pete Furlong
Senior Policy Analyst

Pete is the Senior Policy聽Analyst at the 水果派. In this role, he helps provide the foundational analysis and research that underpins CHT鈥檚 policy approach.

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With a Master鈥檚 concentrating in mechatronic design from the University of Pennsylvania, Pete spent the first stage of his career focused on hardware development for robotics, drones, and autonomous systems at a high tech startup. Instead of engineering new technologies, he has since pivoted to focus on the policy drivers and incentives that shape our technology ecosystem. He leverages his expertise and understanding of the technology industry to drive effective policy change.

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Previous to joining CHT, he worked at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, where his work focused on the geopolitical challenges emerging from the global internet and artificial intelligence. This included analyzing global AI governance, internet infrastructure, and the role of technology companies as geopolitical actors.

Lizzie Irwin

Policy Communications Specialist
Lizzie Irwin
Policy Communications Specialist

Lizzie is the Policy聽Communications Specialist at the 水果派. She is passionately curious about the intricate relationship between media, technology, and politics. She has extensive research experience across intersecting issues in media and communication, including online misinformation and extremism, sustainability and internet infrastructures, and digital rights. Lizzie is a New Jersey native and holds a master鈥檚 degree in media and communication governance from the London School of Economics and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in political communication from the George Washington University.