Advocates Call for Kids' Safety Law Ahead of Tech Hearing
Congress should approve legislation protecting children on social media, Fairplay said Monday, launching an initiative led by families of children who have died in social media-related suicides and accidents. Fairplay and David’s Legacy Foundation launched Parents for Safe Online Spaces,…
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a parent-led initiative whose goal is raising awareness of social media's dangers for children. Members plan to attend the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing Wednesday when the CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Discord and Snap are scheduled to testify (see 2311290072). The advocacy groups called for passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (see 2312040058). KOSA is a “needed corrective to social media platforms’ toxic business model, which relies on maximizing engagement by any means necessary, including sending kids down deadly rabbit holes and implementing features that make young people vulnerable to exploitation and abuse,” said Josh Golin, Fairplay's executive director.