👏 #PassKOSA now! Sign our petition today telling your members of Congress to support the #KidsOnlineSafetyAct and protect children from Meta & other Big Tech companies putting their well-being in danger Sign the petition 🖊️ actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

📺Fairplay's Josh Golin was recently interviewed by CBS News! Josh told the outlet that what we really need to protect kids online is not new AI tools, but new regulation #PassKOSA Watch the full clip➡️ www.cbsnews.com/news/balance...

Want to help families navigate screen time challenges? Join our Early Childhood Advocacy Program Director Rachel Franz on Aug 21 at 1 PM ET to discuss how screen time impacts children and learn shame-free strategies to support families. 📍Register today! bit.ly/4oxkpvV

The winner of the 2025 SBRN Practice Leadership Award is Fairplay! Congratulations and thank you, Fairplay, for your exceptional and sustained leadership in raising awareness and offering solutions to reduce and manage excessive #sedentary behavior!

🔊Our Executive Director Josh Golin tells it like it is! Listen as talks with Dr. Johann D'Souza about the harms facing children online, Big Tech’s prioritization of profits over kids, and how our advocacy is changing the landscape! 🎧 youtu.be/6DdEX3dgMM8

Need a fresh listen for your commute? 🚗🚉 🚲 🎧Tune into Issues & Ideas Radio where our own Haley Hinkle talks about the importance of COPPA 2.0 and how it will broaden protections for kids online! www.issuesandideasradio.com/podcasts/hal...

🆕 @time.com names us “one of the central organizations working to combat social-media addiction in kids.” Learn how our advocacy and network of activists have catalyzed the movement to get phones out of schools: time.com/7307163/pare...

We're grateful to @aclu.org for all their work protecting free speech, which includes their own right to lie about a bill that will protect kids from social media's dangerous & addictive design But KOSA is not a censorship bill. And enlisting young people to spread lies is shameful

2nd chances are rare. But right now, Congress can finish the job it failed to last year and pass the #KidsOnlineSafetyAct📜 Tell your Senators and Representative to support this massively popular bill & help save kids' lives. #PassKOSA now! ✍️https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-passkosa

This month, Fairplay staff attended the Children & Screens conference in DC! We loved connecting in person, sharing phone-free schools resources, & hearing our own Josh Golin debate the question, “Should high schools ban smartphones?” (the answer is yes! ✅) 💛 Check out some highlights:

🖐️🎤 “Keeping kids safe online is a bipartisan, human, issue. It’s not political.” 🔥 Read Parents for Safe Online Spaces member Kim Osterman’s op-ed on the importance of resisting the AI state law moratorium and her call to #passKOSA. www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/for-...

As the threat of AI grows, lawmakers MUST act to protect kids online...but efforts to revive the state AI law moratorium are NOT the answer!! We partnered with nearly 170 other orgs to explain to Congress just why not. Read the letter now! tinyurl.com/AIActionLTR

With Congress dragging its feet, should the FTC step up to rein in Big Tech and keep kids safe online? Can they? 🤔 🎯 Our own Haley Hinkle answers these questions and more in her latest interview on Marketplace. Listen now: bit.ly/3GSnZQb

⚠️“I think if Devin would have seen a warning ... that would have prompted him to acknowledge that he’s been on there too long” ParentsSOS' Bridgette Norring remembers her late son Devin as Minnesota enacts a law requiring warning labels on social media www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

"It would change from media that honors kids & families to media where profit is the priority" Our Rachel Franz speaks to The American Prospect about a potential outcome of @pbs.org losing federal funds prospect.org/culture/2025...

After leading the effort to strip the state AI law moratorium from the Big Beautiful Bill, Sen. Marsha Blackburn says that until Congress passes bills like her Kids Online Safety Act "states have every right to take action to protect their residents." Thank you, Sen. Blackburn! #PassKOSA

DYK Vermont is now the FIRST state in the country to ban schools from contacting students through social media? 🤩 Listen to Fairplay Executive Director - & Vermont resident - Josh Golin explain the significance of this breakthrough! 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzT0...

🎙️The FTC has the authority --- and the responsibility --- to protect kids online in the absence of Congressional action Our Policy Counsel Haley Hinkle explains why on @marketplace.org 📻 www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...

Woo-hoo! The proposed AI state law moratorium has been stripped from the #BigBeautifulBill! Our thanks to Marsha Blackburn, Maria Cantwell, & the 97 other senators who voted to remove the provision. And a HUGE shoutout to ParentsSOS for their tireless work to stop the moratorium!

🆕 ParentsSOS member Jennie DeSerio, whose 16-year-old son Mason took his own life after TikTok's algorithm sent him horrific content urging suicide and self-harm, speaks out against the proposed state AI law moratorium in Fox News www.foxnews.com/opinion/i-lo...

The #KidsOnlineSafety Act continues to gain momentum!📈 Sen. Mark Kelly says he's cosponsoring KOSA to "give parents more tools to protect their kids" and "finally hold tech companies accountable for putting profits ahead of kids’ safety" #PassKOSA More➡️ www.kelly.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

😱 A sneaky provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” would ban states from passing & enforcing their own laws to regulate AI for 10 years. It would also prevent states from enforcing laws already on the books! This is UNACCEPTABLE! Join us & tell Congress not to ban state AI laws: bit.ly/AIstatelaws

📲Social media use PREDICTS future depression among tweens, according to a new study Learn more from @washingtonpost.com 📰https://wapo.st/4kWP03J

A decade ago, we exposed Mattel's Hello #Barbie as a creepy surveillance doll, helping to turn its release into a dud 😑 Now, we're calling on Mattel to end its partnership with OpenAI before it harms more kids❌ Read our statement: fairplayforkids.org/statement-on...

👏Great news: Vermont's governor has signed the #KidsCode into law! The Kids Code will require social media companies to set privacy settings by default and ban addictive features like infinite scrolling and notifications Read the statement from @designitforus.bsky.social

#BigTech should NOT have the right to increase ad revenue by identifying kids who are likely to feel insecure about their weight — and then sending them videos promoting the 500-calorie diet Read our David Monahan's Letter to the Editor in @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/05/o...

At #MediaAndMinds25, you’ll not only hear from leading experts across disciplines - you’ll also have the chance to visit the Tools & Methodologies Exposition. Featured exhibitors include @childmindinstitute.bsky.social, @fairplayforkids.bsky.social, & others! 🎟️ Register: bit.ly/3zOUbjH

🇺🇸Lawmakers from all 50 states are saying NO to the #AI law moratorium Read the letter from a bipartisan group of 260 state lawmakers opposing preemption of state laws regulating AI ✍️ www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The FTC is holding a workshop on child online safety this week — at a time its leadership on that issue is more important than ever. In the absence of congressional movement, the FTC has the authority to take bold action to protect our kids, Haley Hinkle and Maurine Molak write.

🙅🏽 Americans across the political spectrum are saying NO to the 10-year ban on state #AI safety laws included in the #BigBeautifulBill passed by the US House 📝Learn more about the new poll from Common Sense & Echelon Insights www.commonsensemedia.org/press-releas...

📢"It’s the equivalent of putting our kids in cars with no seat belts, with no air bags, and having them drive on roads with no speed limits and no traffic lights" - former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on the danger of unregulated social media for kids www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

⚡"It's just completely irresponsible, it's completely driven by the market, and that's why we need regulators to step up here" 🎦Watch our Josh Golin talk to @france24.com about the dangers of Google's #AI bot for kids #nogeminiforkids youtu.be/H875j5XSGic?...

Google's Gemini AI companion is NOT safe for kids We joined @fairplayforkids.bsky.social, @epic.org + other orgs & experts to call on Google to stop Gemini for kids < 13 — and on the FTC to investigate Google for violating kids' online privacy law Learn more ➡️ www.bit.ly/nogeminiforkids

Survey says! Almost half of young people would rather live in a world where the internet doesn’t exist, and 70% of 16- to 21-year-olds feel worse about themselves after spending time on social media. It doesn't have to be this way! #PassKOSA ▶️ Read more: bit.ly/3SObJT6

⚠️WARNING: Google's Gemini AI companion is NOT safe for kids! Fairplay, @epicprivacy.bsky.social + other orgs & experts call on Google to stop the rollout of Gemini for kids < 13 AND the FTC to investigate Google for violating kids' online privacy law Learn More ▶️ bit.ly/nogeminifork...

Should smartphones be banned in high schools? 🤳  Join us at #MediaAndMinds25 for a lively debate as experts tackle one of the most hotly contested questions in education today. This session will feature @psychiatry.bsky.social, @fairplayforkids.bsky.social, & others. Register: bit.ly/3zOUbjH

🚨 BREAKING: The Kids Online Safety Act was just reintroduced in the Senate by Sens. Blackburn and Blumenthal and Majority Leader Thune and Minority Leader Schumer! Congress now has a choice: stand with #BigTech, or #PassKOSA and stand with families instead 𐦂𖨆𐀪𖠋 www.bit.ly/kosareintro

Without stringent safeguards, #AI interactions pose serious risks to kids' safety, social, emotional, cognitive & moral development, and well-being 🚸 We've joined 60+ orgs to champion a safer, more responsible, and ethical digital future for children 📩 www.angelq.ai/resources/na...

This #MothersDay, we're so proud to work with this amazing group of moms & dads who have suffered the worst loss imaginable - the death of a child - but are taking action to prevent other moms from losing their children to online harms. Thank you ParentsSOS! #MothersDay2025

⏫BIG NEWS: #Quebec is banning cellphones & electronic devices from schools! That means nearly 2 million kids will soon get the benefits of #phonefreeschools 📵🏫 As the education minister says: "When there are no cellphones, young people talk" 🗣 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Breakthrough moment: Gov. Hochul and state lawmakers agree to a robust, bell-to-bell #PhoneFreeSchools policy in New York! 📵🏫 As an org advocating to get phones out of schools, we welcome this announcement. Read our statement 📝 fairplayforkids.org/fairplay-sta...

🎯 NEW: Research from the UK’s Revealing Reality exposes the risks posed to children on Roblox — from interacting with adult strangers to coming across inappropriate content. ⚠️ No matter how child-friendly it seems, Roblox is not safe for kids! ⚠️ bit.ly/436DI6r

⚖️Our Haley Hinkle tells the @nytimes.com that New Jersey's lawsuit against #Discord is "one step and one attempt at accountability "We’re really trying to get stronger rules of the road so that we don’t have to depend on individual actions like this" 🗞️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/n...

Mark Zuckerberg told a federal court that buying Instagram & WhatsApp was “just business.” Mark, is it also "just business" when your algorithms expose kids to deadly online harms? More on Meta's FTC Antitrust trial from @zamaan.bsky.social #MetaTrial⬇️ www.techpolicy.press/why-metas-ft...

Even in this political climate, parents are a potent force! ⚡️ Read the blog post from our Comms Director @ashwinfairplay.bsky.social 💻 fairplayforkids.org/even-in-this...

Yesterday, @fairplayforkids.bsky.social filed a devastating petition with serious allegations that Meta violated my Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). I’m calling on FTC to investigate. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...

⚠️ Virtual worlds, real risks @fairplayforkids.bsky.social has filed a complaint against Meta in the US, revealing that 1 in 3 users of #HorizonWorlds are under 13.
 🚸 Businesses & states must respect and protect children’s rights across the entire digital environment, including in virtual worlds.

🆕Members of Congress are urging the FTC to act on our request to investigate #Meta! We asked the FTC to investigate Meta's violations of kids' safety & privacy on #HorizonWorlds. Now Sen. Markey & Rep. Castor have sent a letter to the FTC chair 📨 More ➡️ fairplayforkids.org/congress-mem...

🚨 BREAKING: We just filed a complaint against Meta at the FTC 🚨 We're alleging that Mark Zuckerberg & co endangered kids on #HorizonWorlds -- and broke the law The FTC must investigate. Read our complaint! 🔗www.bit.ly/complaintagainstmeta

📢 812 reports of sextortion per week. Survivors are silenced while platforms profit. It's time for accountability. #EndExploitation #RepealSection230 👉 Act now: dirtydozenlist.org