On the eve of its SXSW world premiere, the documentary Your Attention Please, directed by Sara Robin and co-created by Jack LeMay, launched a coordinated global moment titled Stand for Their Attention, bringing together organizations, experts, educators, and advocates across the digital wellbeing movement in a synchronized trailer release on March 11, 2026. At 8:00 PM ET, participating voices stood united sharing the trailer simultaneously across their social platforms, signaling a growing coalition calling for accountability in how technology platforms design for human attention. The activation was covered exclusively by CNET, with the full story and trailer available at CNET.com beginning at 9:00pm ET.
This coordinated launch comes as scrutiny of social media platforms and the attention economy intensifies worldwide, with lawmakers, researchers, and families debating how digital systems designed to capture attention shape youth mental health, childhood development, and human connection. In the United States, lawmakers continue to debate legislation while countries across the world are advancing new approaches to digital safety and platform accountability.
“Across the country, families are raising their voices about how social media platforms are shaping childhood, mental health, and human connection,” said Kristin Bride, founder of the Carson J. Bride Effect and a participant in the film. “After losing my son Carson to cyberbullying, I have dedicated my life to advocating for safer digital environments for young people. Your Attention Please gives voice to families like mine and highlights the growing movement calling for accountability and a healthier digital future for the next generation.”
Participating voices shared a unified message:
“We are standing together for a healthier digital future.”
The coordinated trailer launch spotlights the growing network of organizations and advocates already working to advance digital wellbeing and reshape how society thinks about attention, technology, and human connection.
Director Sara Robin said the moment reflects a movement that is rapidly gaining momentum across families, educators, and technologists working toward healthier digital environments.
“Your Attention Please taps into a movement that is growing bigger by the day and Stand for Their Attention is proof of that.
When organizations and people around the world stand together for a healthier digital future on the same night, it is not just a marketing beat. It is a cultural signal.
Your Attention Please is not about rejecting technology, it is about asking what we can do to build it better.
We cannot let our technology future be decided by powerful business interests. We have the power to come together and create a digital environment that supports our wellbeing, and the wellbeing of our kids.”
As the film argues, the systems shaping our digital lives were designed, and they can be redesigned.
Vagrants Originals founder and COO Winston Macdonald said the film reflects the kind of cultural conversation the studio hopes to spark through documentary storytelling.
“At Vagrants Originals, we are drawn to the stories at the intersection of culture and consequence and are committed to developing those stories that feel culturally unavoidable. Your Attention Please is exactly that. Sara Robin and Jack LeMay have created an intimate and educational film that raises questions and sparks action for people to take back their agency in the digital world. We are incredibly proud to stand behind the filmmakers and participants who worked tirelessly to get this timely story out there. And we will continue to bring forward projects like this that challenge, inspire, and create space for dialogue.”
The coordinated trailer release reflects a broader movement unfolding in real time, as conversations about the attention economy move beyond academic research and policy debates into everyday family life. From phone-free schools to youth-led digital wellbeing initiatives, communities around the world are increasingly questioning how attention-driven technologies shape behavior, relationships, and childhood development.
Participating Voices
- Tristan Harris
- Human Change Foundation
- ReThink Citizens
- Mind over Tech
- Smarter Start ab 14 e.V.
- COLA Animation
- DopaMind
- Protect Young Eyes
- Smartphone Free Childhood US
- Better Screen Time
- Defend Young Minds
- NoSo Connection Collective
- Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids
- Institute for Families and Technology-Phone-Free Schools Movement
- Mothers Against Media Addiction
- Teen Tech Experiment
- SafeScreens
- Screen Sense
- Design It For Us
- LOG OFF Movement
- Carson J. Bride Effect
- Family IT Guy
- Screen Strong
- Center for Humane Technology
- Project Liberty
- The Balance Project
- Common Sense Media
- Heat Initiative
- Parents RISE!
- Global Day of Unplugging
- Opal
- Scrolling2Death
- Tech Oversight Project
Additional participating voices may be announced.
