Social media can serve as a place of community, creativity, and comfort for millions of young people. However, the harms now far outweigh the benefits, with social media fueling what the U.S. Surgeon General has deemed a “national youth mental health crisis” — sharp spikes in a spike in depression, anxiety, bullying, and even teen suicide.
Explore our efforts to work towards solutions that would make tech companies design safer platforms for our children to ensure a healthy relationship between social media and our community. The Council for Responsible Social Media has endorsed the Kids Online Safety Act which gives kids and parents tools to protect their information, disable addictive product features, and opt out of algorithmic recommendations — and it enables the strongest settings by default.
Council for Responsible Social Media member Frances Haugen interviewed...
Op-ed by Council for Responsible Social Media member Emma Lembke...
Op-ed by Council for Responsible Social Media member Kristin Bride...
Op-eds
Op-ed by Council for Responsible Social Media Director Alix Fraser...
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Today, the Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to advance the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), setting the stage for a vote before the full Senate. Issue One applauds this critical…
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With a Commerce Committee markup set for this week, the bipartisan and multistakeholder Council urges lawmakers to advance KOSA and protect the safety of children online...
Today, Issue One’s Council for Responsible Social Media endorsed the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and called on members of the Senate Commerce Committee to adopt responsible social media…
Polling
Issue One and its Council for Responsible Social Media have partnered with renowned communications expert Frank Luntz to conduct public opinion research regarding the impact of social media and artificial…
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Today, Issue One and its Council for Responsible Social Media are calling on Congress to holistically address the social media crisis by enacting responsible safeguards and setting the same government…
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Op-ed by Council for Responsible Social Media Legislative Associate Jamie Neikrie...
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In lieu of congressional action, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking meaningful steps to safeguard children’s privacy, health, and safety from online harms....
In response to this week’s executive order announced by the Biden-Harris Administration to address the growing youth mental health epidemic, and its clear link to social media platforms, Issue One…
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By coming together across partisan lines to advance three bills, the Committee sent a clear message that Big Tech must be held accountable...
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee favorably advanced three bills that would impose stronger, enforceable protections for children and teens online, including on social media platforms. In a statement applauding the…
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This proposal, which comes after repeated violations by Meta, offers a path forward for holding other platforms accountable for violating the data privacy of minors....
This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed blanket prohibitions that would prevent Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — from profiting from data it collects…
