Survivor Parents Welcome New Legislative Action on AI Chatbots, Calling for Stricter Safeguards for Kids
We stand by the families who have been tragically affected by unsafe artificial intelligence chatbots and we appreciate the intent behind the GUARD Act, which is an important step in the right direction to prevent kids from experiencing harm online.
Survivor Parents Skewer OpenAI CEO for Harassing Family of Dead Teen
“It is unfathomable to us that a company that caused such loss and grief would be so cruel as to serve the grieving family a legal request to produce information about who attended their child’s funeral. It is a heartless move that demonstrates your company’s prioritization of profit and unchecked ambition over basic human decency.”
Suicide Prevention Means Tackling Online Harms with KOSA
McKenna left behind a note that read, “I’m sorry, I can’t take it anymore.” Those words echo in my mind every single day because they aren’t just McKenna’s words; they are the words of a generation of children overwhelmed by online harms and driven into mental despair. As parents, as families, and as a nation, we cannot look away.
Suicide Prevention Month: Ten Years Without Morgan
It only makes sense that this Suicide Prevention Month, we turn our heartbreak into impact and urge our leaders in Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) without delay.
Survivor Parents to Congressional Leaders: Don't Bring Back the AI Moratorium
We are deeply concerned by ongoing efforts to revive the moratorium via legislation or the administration’s forthcoming AI Action Plan. We urge congressional leadership to support families in this evolving AI landscape and ensure they can continue to rely on the efforts of State Attorneys General to enforce AI safety protections.
Last week, the Senate helped American families protect their kids online
We are profoundly grateful to Senators Marsha Blackburn (R – Tenn.), Susan Collins (R – Maine), Maria Cantwell (D – Wash.) and Ed Markey (D – Mass.) for their leadership in sponsoring the amendment to remove the reckless AI state law moratorium.
Statement on Senate Removal of AI State Law Moratorium: A Major Victory for Kids’ Online Safety
We are especially grateful to Senator Marsha Blackburn for her tireless leadership and bipartisan work with Senator Cantwell to lead an amendment that struck the moratorium from the bill entirely. Their courageous stance helped unite the Senate in a rare 99-1 vote to do the right thing for kids.
Survivor Parents Join the Fight to Protect Kids Online
ParentsSOS is proud to welcome seven new members — Amanda Zimmer, Carrie Harrison, John DeMay, Kim Osterman, Kris Cahak, Matt Riviere, and Tricia Maciejewski. The fight to pass KOSA continues as new parents add their voices to urge Congress to act.
Congress Must Pass KOSA to Address the Silent Youth Mental Health Crisis
The fact is that social media platforms, as they are currently designed, with algorithms specifically intended to addict children and glue them to their feeds for hours at a time so that the Big Tech companies can rake in millions, are dangerous spaces.
Why Every Parent Must Understand the Link between Social Media and Mental Health
Studies have suggested that children who spend more than three hours a day on social media face double the risk of poor mental health outcomes like depression and anxiety. Some others have suggested a higher risk, in particular from social media use, to adolescent girls and children already suffering from poor mental health.