For Kids,
Against Big Tech
For over 25 years, Fairplay has been the leading voice fighting to enhance children’s well-being by eliminating the exploitative and harmful business practices of marketers and Big Tech. Join us to create a world where kids can be kids!
INVESTIGATE ROBLOX
Roblox is one of the most popular social gaming platforms in the world, especially for children under 13. But it’s not just a game — it’s a business designed to make money by keeping kids hooked.
That’s why Fairplay has asked the FTC to investigate Roblox for exploiting children for profit and putting them at risk. Our legal filing reveals many ways Roblox harms kids: by rewarding them for staying online, manipulating them with confusing virtual currencies, and exposing them to harmful people and content.
PAUSE GENAI IN SCHOOLS
That’s why Fairplay and over 260 organizations and experts are calling for a five-year pause on generative AI products in preK-12 schools! During those five years, school leaders should test these products to make sure they are safe for students, not being used for cheating, respectful of the role of teachers, and beneficial for learning, among other things. If the products fail that test, GenAI should not be used in preK-12 schools at all.
Read our position statement and sign our petition saying you want GenAI out of schools!
STOP YOUTUBE SLOP FOR KIDS
YouTube is pushing AI-generated content to kids, putting their healthy development at risk. Fairplay has written to YouTube and its parent company Google, demanding they protect children from this AI slop.
Our letter was signed by over 200 orgs and experts, including Jonathan Haidt. But we need your voice, too! Sign our petition today to tell Google and YouTube to stop the slop.
DON’T BUY AI TOYS
AI companions are coming for young children. The same tech that has addicted teens and encouraged them to harm themselves and others is now being marketed to preschoolers, disguised as cute stuffed animals. So Fairplay is fighting back and organizing. We’ve issued an advisory — endorsed by over 150 advocacy groups and child development experts around the world — urging families not to buy AI toys.
READ ‘TEEN ACCOUNTS, BROKEN PROMISES’
Our report, “Teen Accounts, Broken Promises: How Instagram is Failing to Protect Minors,” shows that teens are exposed to content promoting suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders, and that Meta’s safety tools do not work as promised to prevent those harms. In addition, Instagram’s own design undermined the safety tools by recommending adult strangers to teens and workarounds for blocked search terms. Furthermore, many children under 13 — some as young as 6 — were on the platform and were incentivized by Instagram’s algorithm to perform sexualized behavior.
Created in partnership with Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar, Parents for Safe Online Spaces, the Molly Rose Foundation, and Cybersecurity for Democracy, this comprehensive report pulls back the curtain to reveal the misleading statements and broken promises powering Meta’s sneaky attempt to avoid regulation.
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