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4 new cases implicating Big Tech in the deaths of teens were filed today. They all died in the past 2 years. Long after Zuck apologized. Long after every platform vowed to do more. They continued lobbying against regulation & doing business as usual. apnews.com/article/meta-tikt…

Social media companies sued over deaths of four teens as pressure, lawsuits over child safety mount

The parents of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube. They claim the platforms caused “years of escalating harms” leading to their deaths.

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The more of these cases get filed, the more we find out about how Big Tech made decisions to prioritize profit over safety, long after promising Congress & parents they could self police. It's worth noting all of these children died after KOSA passed the Senate in 2024.
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The Kids Online Safety Act is up for markup next week & survivor families believe & hope longtime champion @MarshaBlackburn can play hero once again & make the technical update KOSA needs to make the bipartisan compromise struck in 2024 effective in a 2026 post-verdicts landscape
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Ahead of a markup in the Senate Commerce Committee, 60+ kids' safety advocates, including @DesignItForUs ,@CommonSense, @ptogetheraction, @ncypalliance, have clear red lines: A strong duty of care, no sweeping AI preemption, and setting a regulatory floor, not a ceiling.
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Read here: politico.com/live-updates/20…

Kids’ safety advocates draw red lines for Senate online safety package

The letter comes as a markup in children's online safety is expected in the Commerce Committee next week.

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There's no accountability unless you go to the top. That's why we joined @Parents_Rise in calling on @ChuckGrassley & @SenatorDurbin to subpoena Zuckerberg & Pichai to get them to testify in front of Congress after reports WH intervened to spare them. politico.com/live-updates/20…

Parent advocates urge Senate panel to subpoena Zuckerberg, Google CEO

Parents RISE and ParentsTogether Action said the companies’ top leaders must testify to help other parents understand the impact of technology they say harms children.

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Every time these CEO's testify, another family puts together the pieces about what happened (or is happening) to their child. Sending underlings -- even the head of Instagram -- sends a message that there is no accountability for harming kids.
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Owen Dahlkamp@Owen_DahlkampJul 8
The family whose son inspired legislation to crack down on the exploitation of children on social media is condemning a White House intervention that secured administration support for a child online safety package: politico.com/live-updates/20…

Child safety advocates blast White House talks that let tech CEOs sidestep hearing

The parents of James Woods called for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Tim & Tamia Woods call for Zuckerberg to be forced to testify after reports Meta tried to spare the CEO Congressional questioning in exchange for WH support of the James T. Woods Act. Named after their son. Who died after being sextorted on Instagram. politico.com/live-updates/20…

Child safety advocates blast White House talks that let tech CEOs sidestep hearing

The parents of James Woods called for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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To say this is infuriating is an understatement. We stand with Tamia, Tim, and every family that has turned grief into a relentless fight to protect other children.
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To support Tim and Tamia, start with the Do It For James Foundation, also named in honor of their son, to find out about the amazing work they do supporting youth mental health & educating in schools: letsdifj.org/

Do It for James Foundation

Protecting Youth From Digital Dangers and Exploitation

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Parents Rise@Parents_RiseJun 30
ParentsRISE official statement on the passage of the KIDS Act.
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Us, @NationalParents, survivor parents @Parents_Rise, teachers at @AFTunion, @NAACP, @NCOSE & hundreds of others OPPOSE this bill. Kids DO need protections fit for the 21st century. The KIDS Act isn't that. It's a gift to Big Tech. And we're 👀 who stands w/ tech vs families
Energy and Commerce Committee
@HouseCommerceJun 29
🚨 TODAY 🚨  The House is voting on @HouseCommerce’s bipartisan KIDS Act, protecting the privacy and safety of kids online, empowering parents, and holding Big Tech accountable for failing our kids. Today’s kids need protections fit for the 21st century, and we are ready to deliver.
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Parents Rise@Parents_RiseJun 28
The KIDS Act claims to protect children online, but only weakens accountability for Big Tech by removing key protections around harms like eating disorders, suicide, and addiction. Sign the petition at the link below to stand with us. actionnetwork.org/letters/co…

Congress: Vote NO on a KIDS Act That Protects Big Tech, Not Kids

House leadership just announced a deal to bring the KIDS Act to a floor vote. We need your help to stop it. We are parents who lost children to social media harms—to eating disorders, sextortion,...

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ParentsTogether is in agreement w/ @Parents_Rise. No duty of care means the harms that killed & harmed so many kids are not covered. KIDS doesn't cut it. Our members do not support the KIDS Act & are spending this weekend letting their members of Congress & leadership know.
Ben Brody@BenBrodyDCJun 28
Interesting, version of House kids package that’ll get a vote this week had its preemption further tweaked/streamlined. Quick read from a family group that opposes is this will protect state law (and lawsuits?) more, but they still want duty of care, more harms addressed etc
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Grieving parents are spending the weekend before #America250 frantically emailing & calling members of Congress, pleading with their reps not to give a get out of jail free card to Big Tech in their late children's names. 😢
The Hill
@thehillJun 27
Dozens of tech safety groups urge House to reject KIDS package thehill.com/policy/technolog…

Dozens of tech safety groups urge House to reject KIDS package

Nearly 100 groups focused on digital or kids safety are calling on House leaders to reject the latest version of a kids onine safety package, dubbed the KIDS Act, which could hit the House floor as…

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Eleanor K. Gaetan
@EkGaetanJun 27
Monday @NCOSE sponsored webinar on why House “Kids Act” should be defeated. Please register using this link: bit.ly/Briefing-KIDSact
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Don't miss NCOSE's virtual legislative briefing on Monday, June 29, from 1:30–2:00 PM ET: Why the New House "KIDS Act" Benefits Big Tech, NOT Children: A Legal Assessment. Legal and technology experts will break down why this bill could protect Big Tech instead of kids, and what lawmakers should do instead. Speakers will include: @DaniBPinter @L_M_Garrett @LearyOnLaw & @protecteyes! Register here: bit.ly/Briefing-KIDSact #NCOSE #EndExploitation #KIDSAct #BigTech #Webinar #BigTechAccountability #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct
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ParentsTogether Action retweeted
Parents Rise@Parents_RiseJun 26
Our official letter to House leadership, opposing H.R. 7757, the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act in its current form. Read the full letter here: parentsrise.org/parents-rise…
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