Event Recaps
Experts discuss how social media’s design radicalizes its users
Social media platforms are designed to maximize our attention, suck us in, and keep us hooked. They do this by keeping the public in the dark about how algorithms elevate…
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Press releases
Issue One’s NCEI co-chairs call on Congress for renewed investments in U.S. elections ahead of November
In a new letter, co-chairs of Issue One’s bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity (NCEI) called on Congress to provide regular and consistent funding to support our nation’s critical election…
Press releases
Former President Trump’s false allegations about U.S. elections “mirrors the playbook of our adversaries,” say NCEI Co-chairs
In response to false allegations made by former President Trump that U.S. elections are “unsafe,” and “not free and fair,” the co-chairs of Issue One’s bipartisan National Council on Election…
TV appearances
NBC News Now: ‘No change, no accountability’: Mother reacts to social media reform hearing
CRSM member Kristin Bride interviewed about Big Tech CEO hearing...
In the media
Fortune: If child safety policies ‘were working, we wouldn’t be here today,’ senators tell Zuckerberg, Yaccarino and other CEOs in hours-long hearing
New Issue One analysis on social media lobbying spending cited...
Press releases
Issue One and the Council for Responsible Social Media respond following Senate Judiciary hearing with Big Tech CEOs
Council issues call for Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act and other social media safeguards...
In today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, senators pressed CEOs from five major social media companies — Meta, TikTok, X, Snap, and Discord — about their platforms’ efforts to protect children…
Op-eds
The Chicago Tribune: Will Congress finally act to protect kids from the harms of social media?
Op-ed by Council for Responsible Social Media member Kristin Bride and fellow mom Maurine Molak about why Congress needs immediate action to protect kids online....
Press releases
Social media companies testifying before Congress tomorrow combined to spend $30 million on lobbying last year — and employed one lobbyist for roughly every four members of Congress
As social media executives prepare to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about how their companies are failing to protect children on their platforms, federal lobbying filings show…
Analysis
Social Media Platforms Assemble Influence Army in D.C.
Meta, ByteDance, X, Snap, and Discord combined to spend a staggering $30 million on lobbying last year — and employed one lobbyist for roughly every four members of Congress...
As social media executives prepare to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about how their companies are failing to protect children on their platforms, federal lobbying filings show…
Op-eds
The Hill: Social media companies are media companies. Congress should start treating them that way
Op-ed by Issue One CEO Nick Penniman...