U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor Incredible moment when U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor gave us a shout out! Thank you for your leadership on #KOSA and #COPPA .

We’re thrilled to see so much momentum. Let’s get it done. 💪

My son, a sophomore at Middlebury College, joins the fight against social media with this piece in The Nation -- which is increasingly both a truly bipartisan fight (the KOSA bill just dropped in the House yesterday), and an intergenerational one.

NEW AD: Donald Trump just took credit for extreme abortion bans across the country.

This is what Donald Trump did.

Please read this piece by Lorena O'Neil about the serious harms of deepfake porn & listen to what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is saying as someone who has been targeted: “Kids are going to kill themselves over this...People are going to kill themselves over this.” rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… Cyber Civil Rights Initiative

As our Executive Director and Co-Founder Nicole Gill said:

'The bipartisan and unanimous passage of the Kids Code offers children and teens protections from the industry’s toxic business practices that prey on their data and privacy.' accountabletech.org/statements/acc…

The #MDKidsCode has unanimously passed out of both chambers in the Maryland legislature!

Next step: Governor Wes Moore’s desk!!! 🥳

We’re at the Minnesota State Capitol getting loud for the #MNKidsCode ! Our health and well-being are more important than Big Tech’s corporate profits.

The thread below:
- summarizes a magazine feature that probably took months to report
- screenshots huge swaths of the text
- never even links to it

Our dominant information platforms not only tolerate this kind of theft, they incentivize it. No wonder the media are struggling.

FACT CHECK: TRUE! From U.S. Department of Justice complaint:

“Apple's conduct extends beyond just monopoly profits and even affects the flow of speech. For example, Apple is rapidly expanding its role as a TV and movie producer and had exercised that role to control content.”

'So while we wait for this thing to cure diseases and solve climate change, it's replacing us in the workforce. Not in the future. Now.'

I joined CBC News to discuss Ontario school board lawsuits against Meta, TikTok, and Snap.

Ontario banned phones in the classroom in 2019 but this suit shows that it’s not enough. Bans may improve the classroom environment but not harmful design features
cbc.ca/player/play/1.…

🇨🇦 Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok.

'These social media companies ... have knowingly created a product that is addictive and marketed to kids.'
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Watch the The Wall Street Journal's 24-Hour Read-A-Thon supporting detained reporter Evan Gershkovich: youtube.com/watch?v=gNweZE…

One day is a long time, and Evan's work has been silenced for a whole year.

Wow, this is an impressive list. In my opinion, the groups on here represent the exact types of civil society organizations with deep local expertise & knowledge that large platforms need to be working with *more*...not turning their backs on. foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/o…

Kate Middleton drama and Shohei Ohtani drama happening at the same time is going to give so many couples something to talk about at dinner. It's going to keep some relationships alive for an extra month at least.

We need better safeguards for underage users of social media. The Minnesota Kid's Code is the first step in bringing child safety the digital world closer to our rules and norms in the physical world.

mndaily.com/282700/opinion…

This is powerful. This is courage. This is heartbreaking.

Democratic senator Eva Burch announced on a floor speech that she needs an abortion. She shared her story and gave remarks about how cruel Arizona’s laws are to women.

CNN aired a short clip last night, but it’s

POLL: American Voters are Overwhelmingly Concerned about Big Tech’s Fight Against Regulation accountabletech.org/statements/pol…

Hey Etsy!

Why are you a dues-paying member of NetChoice, who sends lobbyists like this to oppose popular legislation to protect kids online like the #VTKidsCode .

Does this represent the values of your company?

Hey eBay!

Why are you a dues-paying member of NetChoice, who sends lobbyists like this to oppose popular legislation to protect kids online like the #VTKidsCode .

Does this represent the values of your company?