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Deja Fox was 16 years old when she went viral online, and it turned her life upside down.

In her talk, the activist and content creator shares the good and bad sides of online fame and how it led her to recognize the importance of women-owned and led social media platforms.

To create a safer, more equitable, and more inclusive online world, Deja says we must build the girl internet of the future.

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After her talk, check out my interview with Deja on this feed.

We sat down while on site at the TED conference in Vancouver in 2025 for our Beyond the Talk interview series to learn more about her work.

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Deja Fox is 25 years old, and she already has a decade's worth of experience as a public figure and activist.

That's in big part thanks to social media.