David Monahan, Fairplay
Statement of Fairplay’s Josh Golin after today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis
WASHINGTON, DC — Wednesday, January 31, 2024 —“Another hearing, more evasions and deflections from big tech CEOs. If Congress really cares about the families who packed the hearing today holding pictures of their children lost to social media harms, they will move the Kids Online Safety Act. Pointed questions and sound bites won’t save lives, but KOSA will. Now that Judiciary Committee members Senators Butler, Osoff, Kennedy, Cruz, Booker, Hirono, Cotton, Lee, and Padilla have heard first-hand from the CEOs how little they prioritize child-safety, we expect them to join the 47 bipartisan cosponsors of KOSA. And we urge Senator Schumer to bring KOSA to the floor immediately. Parents can’t wait any longer.”
–Josh Golin, executive director, Fairplay
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