Heat Initiative
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Big Tech is failing to protect kids from sexual abuse online. We're here to change that.
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Instagram launched
#TeenAccounts
in Sept 2024, promising safer experiences for kids. & yet 47% of 13–15 y/os say they saw unsafe content or unwanted messages in the past month? Even worse... teens say they’ve grown “used to it.” Read more:
time.com/7324544/inst...
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Report: Report: Instagram Still Rife With Safety Issues For Teens
A new report suggests the safeguards Meta rolled out last year have failed to stem safety issues for young users
https://time.com/7324544/instagram-teen-accounts-flawed/
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Center for Countering Digital Hate
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👀 WATCH NOW: Our CEO,
@imranahmed.bsky.social
on the harms AI chatbots are causing to children in our webinar “Protecting Families in the AI Era” with
@parentstogether.bsky.social
Foundation &
@heatinitiative.bsky.social
, & special guest
@durbin.senate.gov
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Our investigative podcast, The Heat is On, in partnership with Nicki Petrossi of Scrolling2Death is out now. In episode 1, the Heat is On Apple. Listen at
scrolling2death.com/heat
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The Heat is On
https://scrolling2death.com/heat
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“We don’t know if [the updates] will actually work and create an environment that is safe for kids." -
@heatinitiative.bsky.social
CEO Sarah Gardner via
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Instagram limits teen accounts as California adds warnings to social media
Following a fresh wave of criticism, Instagram says it is rolling out new safety features for teen accounts and surveying parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/14/instagram-new-teen-safety-features/
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Meta’s “PG-13” update for
#InstagramTeens
sounds like progress, but without transparency or independent validation of efficacy, parents have little reason to believe it will actually keep their kids safer. Read our full statement below.
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Instagram launched
#TeenAccounts
in Sept 2024, promising safer experiences for kids. & yet 47% of 13–15 y/os say they saw unsafe content or unwanted messages in the past month? Even worse... teens say they’ve grown “used to it.” Read more:
time.com/7324544/inst...
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Report: Report: Instagram Still Rife With Safety Issues For Teens
A new report suggests the safeguards Meta rolled out last year have failed to stem safety issues for young users
https://time.com/7324544/instagram-teen-accounts-flawed/
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50 hours of testing → 669 harmful interactions. Sexual grooming. Emotional manipulation. Violent roleplay. Racist abuse. ...Once every 5 minutes. With
@parentstogether.bsky.social
, we investigated Character.AI’s kid-facing bots. Read the full report:
heatinitiative.org/research-hea...
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Research – Heat Initiative
Original research informs and drives our action. It powers our advocacy, sharpens our demands, and helps drive systemic change across Big Tech.
https://heatinitiative.org/research-heat-initiative/
3 months ago
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#Apple
on Sept. 9th versus us every day since 2023...
#iPhone17
#OnBrand
3 months ago
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Appalling & yet wholly unsurprising that Apple's negligent
#AppStore
policies didn't catch this. Demand accountability:
rallystarter.com/rally/2700/h...
4 months ago
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Parents and survivors are leading this movement with fierce love and lived truth. ❤️🔥 Watch Jennie’s message to Apple. Then take action.
youtube.com/shorts/L6acm...
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Apple Profits, Kids Pay the Price.
YouTube video by Heat Initiative
https://youtube.com/shorts/L6acmn5Ulkc?feature=share
5 months ago
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This isn’t a glitch. It’s intentional. Meta's products harm kids... by design. Thank you
@accountabletech.bsky.social
&
@designitforus.bsky.social
for exposing these harms.
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6 months ago
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"When you dream at night, do you see our children’s faces?" We took to the street in New York City because we refuse to let Big Tech executives hide behind profits while children are harmed every day on the platforms they built. Watch what happened. And then join us. ❤️🔥
youtu.be/74RqcfcNRI4
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Meta Profits, Kids Pay the Price.
YouTube video by Heat Initiative
https://youtu.be/74RqcfcNRI4
6 months ago
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The
#KidsOnlineSafetyAct
has been reintroduced, and
#Apple
supports it. Obviously, we have some thoughts. Read our full statement below. 🔥
6 months ago
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60+ orgs are demanding action to protect kids from unregulated AI. The risks are real. And they're growing. Read the declaration:
bit.ly/3GTjRPy
#AIGuardrails
#ProtectKidsOnline
#TechAccountability
#EthicalAI
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National Declaration on AI and Kids' Safety
We joined over 60 orgs to urgently call on Congress to champion a safer, more responsible, and ethical digital future for our children.
https://bit.ly/3GTjRPy
6 months ago
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“...Parents are really upset about this, and not just the ones who’ve lost their own kids... other Americans who are waking up to this reality and thinking, ‘I don’t want Mark Zuckerberg making decisions about my child’s online safety.'"
@designitforus.bsky.social
@parentstogether.bsky.social
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Parents who lost children to online harms protest outside of Meta’s NYC office | TechCrunch
Meta may have managed to kill a bipartisan bill to protect children online, but parents of children who have suffered from online harm are still putting
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/parents-who-lost-children-to-online-harms-protest-outside-of-metas-nyc-office/?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIhvMbZGN4mqoHFr2lPsUamuVIfMtUBN-DxsxjbdyG8mRUHs2rIpH870hIgd27OG412hXYvZF_jnhAEPh0b0zvqdkCtS5IbNb0vDE_4-aCoJwTZNBVBUsBg-NECQoX3jFmQA2xrl7kLg8_oepTzz9XglC71H5QwISwRNvOFFB-yZ&guccounter=2
7 months ago
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abc7NY
7 months ago
Dozens of families rallied outside Meta's office in New York City and held a vigil to send a message about protecting kids online.
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Grieving families hold vigil outside New York City Meta office, demand more protections for kids
Dozens of families rallied outside Meta's office in New York City and held a vigil to send a message about protecting kids online.
https://7ny.tv/4jpJQwr
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We brought
#TimCook
back to his alma mater, Auburn University, for A-Day to ask his fellow Tigers what they think about his approach to child safety. So far? Auburn agrees... He could do a lot more.
#TellTimCook
#ChildSafety
#TechAccountability
7 months ago
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Apple has taken the same approach to child safety: delays, denials, and decisions to put brand preservation ahead of kids. But when pressure mounts, the façade cracks. Are we done with the “walled garden” yet?
@nytimes.com
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What’s Wrong With Apple?
Even before the threat of President Trump’s tariffs, there were questions about the company’s inability to make good on new ideas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/technology/apple-issues-trump-tariffs.html
7 months ago
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Rotten.
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Rotten.
YouTube video by Heat Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oAmZRERREI&ab_channel=HeatInitiative
9 months ago
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Today’s
@latimes.com
#Oscars
issue, featuring
#Apple
. On a night dedicated to celebrating storytelling, we chose to spotlight a story too often ignored: child sexual abuse material is stored on iCloud. Apple allows it. While Apple refuses to talk about it, survivors will.
9 months ago
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Statement from
@heatinitiative.bsky.social
CEO Sarah Gardner regarding Apple's child safety updates.
9 months ago
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🔥 Important Campaign Update:
#Apple
has updated or removed more than 61% of the unsafe apps flagged in our Rotten Ratings report. Read our full statement below. cc: ParentsTogether Action via
@parentstogether.bsky.social
9 months ago
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Mothers Against Media Addiction
9 months ago
Last Friday, Apple announced the launch of the iPhone 16e: a new, cheaper iPhone with price tag that’s going to make it harder for parents to resist the pressure to purchase an iPhone for their kids. Unfortunately, the cost to our kids’ mental health stays the same.
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Apple: "Child sexual abuse material is abhorrent and we are committed to fighting the ways predators put children at risk." Also Apple: *Rejects shareholder proposal that would provide transparency around how exactly they're fighting it.*
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9 months ago
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👋 Hi, Bluesky. If you want the real story on which tech companies are failing kids—and what can be done about it—you’re in the right place.
#ChildSafety
#TechAccountability
9 months ago
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