Mother & Son Advisory
Navigating the digital age, together.
DigitalEM pairs 20+ years of global child safety and digital rights expertise with Gen Z's native perspective on digital culture and platform accountability.
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DigitalEM pairs 20+ years of global child safety and digital rights expertise with Gen Z's native perspective on digital culture and platform accountability.
Elizabeth was advising tech companies on child safety, while Maximilian was the target audience those companies were building products and features for. She represented parents. He lived the reality those parents worried about. The distance between the two perspectives was the whole problem, so they bridged it. Working together as a mother-son duo, they discovered that the most productive conversations about digital life happen when both generations are actually present, communicating and sharing experiences. Their work in tandem led Maximilian to TikTok's Youth Advisory Council and gave Elizabeth a more grounded perspective on parenting in the digital age. On parallel tracks, as Elizabeth continued to partner with companies from LEGO to Roblox, Maximilian took on youth advisory roles where he helps ensure teens have a voice in the same rooms his mother spent years fighting to enter. DigitalEM exists because neither generation can do this alone.
A California-trained litigator turned globally recognized digital safety and child rights pioneer. 20+ years advising governments, tech companies, and international organizations on child online protection, digital parenting, and digital rights.
Columbia University freshman studying Psychology and Information Science. The perspective tech companies claim to seek: an actual young person at the advocacy table, fluent in four languages and the nuances of growing up on platforms.
Select appearances across NPR, Sky News, France 24, The Guardian, and more.
Debating Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price on social media bans, teen mental health, and why listening to young people matters more than restricting them. February 2026.
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Expert commentary on keeping families safe in the digital age.
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Speaking on children's digital rights and online safety.
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Elizabeth speaks about a global movement to digitally disconnect for 28 days.
Featured alongside leading voices in child online safety. March 2025.
Supporting parents and kids with intentional technology use. Feb 2026.
Remarks on the prevention and countering of digital extremism and terrorism online.
Meta fact-checkers, TikTok ban: what parents need to know. Jan 2025.
Responding to Jonathan Haidt's thesis on Gen Z and social media.
Op-ed on responsible AI use in education. March 2026.
Two decades of impact across governments, tech companies, international organizations, schools and families worldwide.
Conference talks on digital parenting, youth digital rights, AI governance, and platform accountability. 200+ events delivered globally.
Elizabeth + MaximilianStrategic advice for governments and international organizations. Clients include Council of Europe, Microsoft, UNICEF, e-Enfance, and European Schoolnet.
ElizabethOngoing advisory on building youth trust, establishing youth councils, and implementing child safety by design. Currently advising Roblox globally.
Elizabeth + MaximilianHands-on reviews of platform design, trust and safety systems, and age-assurance tools. Evaluated through a genuine youth lens with research-grade rigor.
MaximilianInteractive sessions for parents, educators, and corporate teams. Delivered for SAP, Cisco, Accenture, Discovery, and schools across Europe and the US.
ElizabethTrusted voices for journalists covering digital parenting, social media, AI, youth and digital culture. Contributors to NPR, France 24, BBC, Sky News, and The Guardian.
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Dr. Elizabeth Milovidov is a global leader in digital safety and children's rights with over 20 years advising governments, tech companies, and international organizations. A California-trained attorney, she is Founder and CEO of DigitalEM, where she and her son Maximilian bring an intergenerational perspective to digital safety advisory work. She currently serves as Senior Director, Global Parental Advocacy at Roblox, and previously as an Independent Expert to the Council of Europe's Children's Rights Division. Recognized for her thought leadership, she has been featured on The Drew Barrymore Show, BBC, France 24, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of the Parenting in the Digital Age book series. Elizabeth holds a J.D. from the University of California (UCLA and UC Davis) and a Ph.D. from the American Graduate School in Paris.
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Maximilian Milovidov is an undergraduate at Columbia College, Columbia University, studying Psychology and Information Science, and Chief Youth Officer of DigitalEM. A founding member of TikTok's Youth Council, now in his third year, he was featured on NPR's TED Radio Hour debating Jonathan Haidt. He is a Youth Advisor to the 5Rights Foundation, and former Youth Ambassador to the Children's Commissioner for England and advisor to Childnet. He has spoken at the United Nations Headquarters on youth digital rights and has written for NPR, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, the Family Online Safety Institute, and UNICEF's Research for Development program.
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