We’re pleased to see the Kids Online Safety Act scheduled for markup next week. KOSA remains the most protective, popular, and bipartisan of all online safety legislation under consideration.
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If Meta truly wanted to reduce suicide risk among young people, it would stop designing Meta AI and its character chatbots to maximize engagement through compulsive use and toxic emotional attachment.
This important legislation provides a comprehensive, common-sense framework to protect kids and adults as chatbots become increasingly embedded in everyday life.
Today’s vote is a valuable step forward, but it is not enough to give children across the country the online protections they desperately need.
Not only is ParentsSOS made up of moms and dads who have suffered the worst loss imaginable — the death of their children due to online harms — but these parents have been working harder than anyone to pass the Kids Online Safety Act with a strong duty of care.
Applauding Disney over ‘Toy Story 5’ would be hypocritical, since its business model relies on monetizing kids’ attention and selling them licensed goods.
Let this be a wakeup call to Big Tech: Get out of the way of KOSA, or lose access to young people.
If these companies refuse to take simple steps to make their products safer and less addictive for young people, then they should lose their right to target children.
The bill falls well short of what American families need.
Research shows that disclosures like these are ineffective for kids.