Kids’ Online Safety Requires Precision, Not Centralization
Parents have valid concerns about how online environments shape their children’s behavior. However, as the House Energy and Commerce Committee advances a comprehensive package of children’s online safety bills, the crucial question isn’t whether lawmakers should act, but how responsibility should be shared.
Instagram Users Fear Data Breach After Password Reset Emails
Millions of Instagram users were left concerned over a potential data breach after they reported receiving a password reset email from the social media platform, despite not requesting a reset.
Children’s Online Safety Should Rely on Content Providers, Not Device Manufacturers
Creating and managing a positive digital environment for children has become a priority for parents, lawmakers, and technology companies. However, as proposals progress to develop solutions and implement protections, we must ensure that our approaches address parents’ concerns without creating additional issues from the extensive collection of minors’ data.
Age-verification laws may sound straightforward to some: protect young people online by making everyone prove their age. But in reality, these mandates force users into one of two flawed systems and both are deeply discriminatory.
The ‘Child Safety’ Bill That’s Actually Protecting Meta
The company that broke our children’s mental health is using misleading statistics to convince parents to support legislation that protects Meta from accountability