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.
Survivor Parents to House Leadership: #PassKOSA
“The House now has an opportunity to advance this critical legislation, which has immense public support from across the political spectrum.”
ParentsSOS Statement in Advance of Full House Committee Markup of KOSA
“We need leaders who are willing to act boldly and implement changes that will truly safeguard our kids' well-being. This markup takes place during Internet Safety Month, highlighting the need for tangible action on online safety. The time for half-measures is over; we need decisive action now.”
Dear Congress: Stop playing politics and #PassKOSA
We must get KOSA over the finish line before Congress goes out on August recess and before the likelihood of any new bill becoming law before the November election slips dangerously out of reach. Every day without KOSA enacted into law is another day that lawmakers are allowing Big Tech profits to matter more than children’s lives. But they don’t and they never will.
ParentsSOS Return to Capitol Hill To Demand Congressional Action on Kids' Online Safety
ParentsSOS Return to Capitol Hill To Demand Congressional Action on Kids' Online Safety
Letter to House Energy & Commerce Committee on KOSA
Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee from survivor parents of ParentsSOS who have lost a child to online harms.
ParentsSOS Welcomes Introduction of House Companion Bill to Kids Online Safety Act
"We are deeply appreciative of the bipartisan support that the Kids Online Safety Act has received and grateful to Representatives Castor and Bilirakis for their leadership. We look forward to educating lawmakers in the House about how KOSA is essential to stopping the preventable tragedies that far too many young people experience online.”
