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The STOP Team
The STOP campaign is led by high school advocates Julianne Huang, Richa Pandit, and Stephanie Choi.
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Julianne is an AI policy advocate recognized by KATU News, AI for Education, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and The Louis Anderson and Vicent Martinez World Citizenship Award. A senior at Valley Catholic High School, Julianne is a co-founder of the STOP Explicit Deepfake Campaign, founder of the Civics Unplugged x Encode AI Policy Camp, and member of Encode’s High School AI Action Council. Through this work, she has spearheaded education campaigns and advocacy efforts reaching 20000+ nationwide, and developed policy frameworks and workshop curriculum delivered to 1000+ Oregon administrators and educators.
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Richa is a youth advocate recognized by the Beaverton Mayor’s Leader of Tomorrow Award. A Junior at Valley Catholic High School, Richa is a co-founder of the STOP Explicit Deepfake Campaign, senior member at the Oregon Department of Education’s Youth Advisory Council, member of the Beaverton Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board, Beaverton Arts Commission Liaison, and Adopt-a-Road liaison. Her work has elevated the voices of 580000+ Oregonian students in the development of equitable and inclusive state education policy.
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Stephanie serves as Head of Programs at the Center for Gender
Equitable AI, where she led the #StopExplicitDeepfakes media campaign that garnered over 43,000 views and co-authored a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed on explicit deepfakes. As a Berkeley AI Safety Initiative fellow, she presented AI and philosophy research at the AAAI 2025 international conference workshop in Singapore. Currently a senior at Canyon Crest Academy, Stephanie is a legacy board member of the Girls Who Code National Student Leadership Council and founder and Executive Director of The Illusion Project, an organization conducting research and producing films on AI misperception.
STOP Impact
100+ Educators Reached
STOP has been presented to a total of 100+ educators in Oregon, with our team speaking at events including an AI Steering Committee meeting (50-75 participants), an AI Literacy Training (50+ participants), and individual educator meetings.
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43,000+ Social Media Views
The #StopExplicitDeepfakes social media campaign that accompanied STOP included 15+ pieces of content that garnered 43K+ views.
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5+ High Schools Engaged
The STOP team has met with and/or been in contact with 5+ schools in Oregon regarding implementing STOP.
Co-Founder Stories
“As a co-founder of STOP, I originally ideated this framework after seeing my close friend struggle to find victim support and avenues for removal when her mom was portrayed in explicit deepfakes. Delivering AI literacy workshops to Oregon educators following this incident, I was surprised by the serious gap in teachers’ knowledge of this rising issue.
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As a result of my extensive work with the Northwest Regional Education Service District’s AI Steering Committee and EdTech Cadre, I recognized the importance of including the “digital native” generation in educational policy. As such, STOP combines teenagers’ digital literacy and personal experiences to support the development of schools’ explicit deepfake policies.
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At a time where “forty percent of students… say they know of a deepfake depicting individuals associated with their school being shared in the past school year,” I co-founded STOP. A campaign grounded in both literacy and policy, I believe STOP is an important step in ensuring schools protect young people from abusive uses of AI.” – Julianne Huang, STOP Co-Founder
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“Leading the #StopExplicitDeepfakes media campaign with the Center for Gender Equitable AI for the TAKE IT DOWN Act, I realized how slow federal legislation moves in the face of this fast-moving crisis. With CGEAI’s Emma Le, I worked on an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle urging Americans to focus on local school policies. STOP allows us to actually implement these local policies in real schools across the US.” – Stephanie Choi, STOP Co-Founder
STOP Feedback
"Thank you both SO much for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come present to the leaders and educators at our MESD and CESD Steering Committee workshop yesterday. Everyone was so impressed by your work, advocacy and overall presentation." - Katy and Cat, Educators
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"Every aspect of today's session was valuable." - Educator
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"Julianne and Richa crushed their presentation. I was very impressed and have already shared some of their info with my counseling and admin team at school to support students who experienced unwanted online posting." - Educator
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"Thank you for sharing and leading the work! We are all in this together and being open to sharing and collaborating makes us stronger and better for our students in Oregon!" - Educator
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"You are so inspiring! Thank you for your advocacy not only for future-ready learning but for victims of harassment and bullying. Your voices are powerful." - Educator
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"I'm inspired by our younger generation to how they're leading the work of future technology and how it impacts their peers." - Educator
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