Let's pass the Kids Online Safety Act!
Big Tech platforms are designed to maximize revenue by increasing engagement and facilitating data collection, which puts children at risk. Research has linked the pressure to spend more time on digital media platforms and the harmful content they are exposed to with the growing mental health crisis in young people, increased risk of sexual predation, and decreased overall wellbeing in kids and teens.
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would help create the protections young people need from Big Tech’s harmful business model. If passed, online providers would be required to mitigate the effects of harmful content on their platforms; parents and caregivers would have more tools to protect their children; and we would ensure that digital platforms have the strongest privacy settings on by default for minors - and that’s only some of what KOSA would do!
Tell your senators and representatives: get the Kids Online Safety Act passed and protect our children today!